Patterns and Variation in the Weather Forecast: Can Prosodic Features be Predicted Too?
The aim of this article is to explore a specific type of media programme: the weather forecast. The analysis is based on a corpus of weather forecasts for the UK, mainly from the Met Office, with five different speakers. The weather forecast is considered as a specific oral discourse type which func...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Presses Universitaires du Midi
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| Series: | Anglophonia |
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| Online Access: | https://journals.openedition.org/anglophonia/755 |
| Summary: | The aim of this article is to explore a specific type of media programme: the weather forecast. The analysis is based on a corpus of weather forecasts for the UK, mainly from the Met Office, with five different speakers. The weather forecast is considered as a specific oral discourse type which functions within a fairly set framework involving a number of recurrent features, including a well-defined lexical field and recognizable prosodic patterns. This analysis will try to determine what these features are and how they interact. The study reveals how lexical and prosodic cues are used to connect with the target audience, enabling the forecaster to structure, highlight and even comment on information. The study aims to bring to light what our expectations are as regards the weather forecast, and how far these expectations affect our perception and even our understanding of the message. |
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| ISSN: | 1278-3331 2427-0466 |