Language Change - 19th century - The newspaper train

THE NEWSPAPER TRAINNews article about communication development 1875

Genre, Audience and Purpose

Genre- Newspaper ( The Times )

Audience- Upper class interested in publication

Purpose- To inform and entertain

News papers of the time• The TimesRepresented the view of the wealthy and upper-class.

• The Daily telegraphAlso owned by The Sunday Times but informed about new inventions and latest business models and fashions. Gave a vision of the future

• The Standard

Class• “No longer a luxury monopolised by Londoners”

- suggests there's been a shift in class.

• “..leading midland towns”- suggests London is no longer the only established place in Britain.

• “inhabitants of the Hardware Metropolis”

- referring to People living and working in industrial city's and towns

Linguistic Features• Polysyllabic lexis- “unprecedentedly, simultaneously”• Multiple proper nouns- “Bedford, London, St pancreas”• Official titles- “News guard, Messrs, foreman”• Long complex sentences• No synthetic personalisation• Highlighted other business and Newspapers

Old fashioned lexis• Few words that are no longer used• Phrases that we no longer use including residing in the

vicinity etc…