Analysis of the Sport Commentators Vocabulary Transformation by the Data-Journalism Methods (on the Example of Figure Skating Reports)

Student: Akhatova Albina

Educational Programme: Data Journalism (Master)

Year of Graduation: 2021

The study examines how the vocabulary of sports commentators was transformed by the example of reports from figure skating competitions over several decades: from 1980 to 2020. The article analyzes the vocabulary, stylistic differentiation of vocabulary and various reasons for their influence on the linguistic personality of commentators.

Student Theses at HSE must be completed in accordance with the University Rules and regulations specified by each educational programme.

Summaries of all theses must be published and made freely available on the HSE website.

The full text of a thesis can be published in open access on the HSE website only if the authoring student (copyright holder) agrees, or, if the thesis was written by a team of students, if all the co-authors (copyright holders) agree. After a thesis is published on the HSE website, it obtains the status of an online publication.

Student theses are objects of copyright and their use is subject to limitations in accordance with the Russian Federation’s law on intellectual property.

In the event that a thesis is quoted or otherwise used, reference to the author’s name and the source of quotation is required.

Search all student theses