News report

(Subregister of Narrative)
  • News reports written by journalists and published by news outlets
  • Releases and newsletters published by sports associations, companies, etc.
  • Weather forecasts
  • Text purpose is to report on recent events
  • Typically professionally written and time-sensitive - published and read as fast as possible
  • See Biber & Egbert 74-75

Examples

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Language: English
Description: GamesIndustry.biz article on GamersFirst company considering opening an office in the UK
screenshot of www.gamesindustry.biz_articles_2010-11-17-gamersfirst-scotland-would-be-a-fine-place-to-have-a-permanent-office--2048x1536
Language: English
Description: CleanTechnica article on duties on imports of silicon photovoltaic cells and panels
screenshot of cleantechnica.com_2012_11_08_us-international-trade-commission-votes-unanimously-in-favor-of-anti-subsidy-duties-on-chinese-silicon-pv-imports_2048x1536

Ambiguous cases resolved to NA-ne

  • A report on the schedule of a major in a week: NA-ne sounds good, if there’s some persuasion to attend some event, then also IP-oi
  • A news report page, about the fluctuations of the price of chicken and it is 7 paragraphs. Even though it is written as a news report, each of the 7 paragraphs is a quotation (from the responsible person in the government): annotated as NA-ne only