Do Newspaper Headlines use Correct English The term "Correct English" is in itself very controversial, as Trudgil states "there are no linguistic reasons for stating that any language is superior to any other". ... By "compressing" the sentence, the headline's dramatic impact is increased, as the emotive abstract noun, "Chaos," is at the front. ... Another reason for the use of informal lexis is that the type of language associated with football is typically slang and therefore it would seem odd to use Standard English when reporting about it. This may be due to the fact that fo...

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One problem with intercultural communication is language barriers. ... Some language barriers include misunderstanding, inferential statements and emotive language. Ambiguous language is also used in intercultural communication. ... The problem at root is that language is fundamentally ambiguous. ... Sociolinguists have documented the presence of dialects in every language. ...

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