RUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsRUDN Journal of Language Studies, Semiotics and SemanticsВестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Теория языка. Семиотика. Семантика2313-22992411-1236Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)2277710.22363/2313-2299-2019-10-4-920-946FUNCTIONAL SEMANTICSФУНКЦИОНАЛЬНАЯ СЕМАНТИКАResearch ArticleTV Live Reporting: a Pilot Study in Contrastive Genre AnalysisТелевидение: прямой репортаж (пилотное исследование в контрастивном жанровом аспекте)El-ZawawyAmr MЭль-ЗававиАмр МAssociate Professor of Linguistics and Translation, Faculty of Education, Alexandria University (Alexandria, Egypt).доцент кафедры английского языка факультета общеобразовательных дисциплин в Университете Александрииamrzuave@yahoo.comAlexandria UniversityУниверситет Александрии15122019104Linguistic Semantics and Semiotics. Literary Text StudiesЛингвистическая семантика, лингвосемиотика и текстология92094603022020Copyright ©; 2019, El-Zawawy A.M.Copyright ©; 2019, Эль-Завави А.М.2019El-Zawawy A.M.Эль-Завави А.М.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0https://journals.rudn.ru/semiotics-semantics/article/view/22777TV live reporting or otherwise on-the-spot reporting is a sub-genre of TV journalism, but it is characterized by liveness and immediacy. The present paper focuses on the sub-genre of live reporting from the point of view of genre analysis within a contrastive framework. It makes use of two corpora of live reporting videos in English and Arabic, and analyzes them, both electronically and manually, according to a modified version of Bhatia’s approach to genre analysis (1993; 2002; 2012). It was found that TV correspondents maximize the use of first person pronouns that reflect the fact that they are reporting from the scene. They likewise tend to use hyperboles (see Geis, 1987). They also create an atmosphere of excitement by starting their reports by rising intonation patterns, but later on either resort to level routine delivery or attempt to project a certain attitude through a falling tone. English or English-speaking correspondents follow a generic structure where a spatial, temporal or opinion-centered setting is provided first, then follows the detailed body of narrative then finally the recapitulation. Arab correspondents, in contrast, directly go to the specifics of their reports, leaving the listeners without any trace of an introduction, and likewise clinch their reports abruptly by addressing the presenters.Репортажи в прямом эфире или, иным образом, репортажи на местах являются поджанром телевизионной журналистики. Настоящая статья посвящена анализу данного поджанра в сопоставительном аспекте на основе подхода Бхатии к жанровому анализу (1993; 2002; 2012). Выяснилось, что телевизионные корреспонденты максимально используют личные местоимения первого лица; они также склонны использовать гиперболы (см. Geis, 1987). Они также корреспонденты создают атмосферу волнения в своих репортажах за счет повышения интонации. Англоязычные корреспонденты следуют общей структуре, в которой сначала указывается пространственная, временная или ориентированная на мнение обстановка, затем следует подробный текст повествования и, наконец, повторение. Арабские корреспонденты, напротив, напрямую обращаются к специфике своих отчетов, оставляя списки без каких-либо следов введения, а также резко обрезают свои отчеты, обращаясь к докладчикам.TVTV live reportscorrespondentsgenre analysiscontrastive analysisтелевидениетелевизионный репортажикорреспондентжанровый анализконтрастивный анализ[Andersson, J. (2003). Live News Broadcasting: Credibility vs. Entertainment. URL: https://www.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:216055/FULLTEXT01.pdf. 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