ÄNDERUNGEN DER PRESSESPRACHE NACH DER WENDE IN DEN DEUTSCHEN TAGESZEITUNGEN
CHANGES IN PRESS-LANGUAGE IN THE GERMAN DAILY PRESS AFTER 1989

Author(s): Tomash Godish
Subject(s): Language and Literature Studies, Theoretical Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Lexis, Philology
Published by: ЮГОЗАПАДЕН УНИВЕРСИТЕТ »НЕОФИТ РИЛСКИ«
Keywords: Changes in press-language; Stylistic analysis in press-language; Style of German daily press; language changes
Summary/Abstract: This article deals with the changes in press-language in German daily press during the period from 1988 to 2013. Its goal is to present the most important results of the press-language analysis. It documents changes in stylistic shade, language economy (sentence length) and in the range of vocabulary of foreign origin. An attempt is also made to formulate the development trends of the present language of daily press. The research focused on 55 editions of the most widespread quality newspapers (FAZ, ND-Zeitung) and tabloids (BILD) in Germany. In last chapter author also deals with the GDR-vocabulary with the aim to demonstrate its assimilation into the westgerman language variant.

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