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 o...
International audienceWeather reports are a prime example of a text genre and can be found in variou...
Carry an umbrella even in good weather — the weather forecast as a text Television is an ...
Weather forecasts were early noted to be a domain where automatic translation was possible (Kittredg...
The contribution deals with the most common forms ofweather forecast in radio bro[1]adcasting. It co...
Information about the weather is important in everyday living, but weather is inherently unstable an...
AbstractOne of the main challenges in automatically generating textual weather forecasts is choosing...
In order to make informed decisions, we need to resort to various types of information and we need t...
One of the main purposes of weather forecasting is that of protecting weather-sensitive human activi...
The weather forecast is a scientific method of prediction which leans on rational premises and conce...
The state of the future world is uncertain. Will it rain tomorrow? Will Donald Trump still be presid...
7. SUMMARY This diploma thesis The information value and acceptability of forecasting is divided int...
International audience[Introduction] There are few things so rigorously present in human consciousne...
International audienceDer Beitrag reiht sich in drei aktuelle Forschungsstränge ein: (i) korpuslingu...
We present an empirical corpus study of the meaning and usage of time phrases in weather forecasts; ...
Weather expressions such as It is raining have proven challenging for linguistic researchers; not on...
International audienceWeather reports are a prime example of a text genre and can be found in variou...
Carry an umbrella even in good weather — the weather forecast as a text Television is an ...
Weather forecasts were early noted to be a domain where automatic translation was possible (Kittredg...
The contribution deals with the most common forms ofweather forecast in radio bro[1]adcasting. It co...
Information about the weather is important in everyday living, but weather is inherently unstable an...
AbstractOne of the main challenges in automatically generating textual weather forecasts is choosing...
In order to make informed decisions, we need to resort to various types of information and we need t...
One of the main purposes of weather forecasting is that of protecting weather-sensitive human activi...
The weather forecast is a scientific method of prediction which leans on rational premises and conce...
The state of the future world is uncertain. Will it rain tomorrow? Will Donald Trump still be presid...
7. SUMMARY This diploma thesis The information value and acceptability of forecasting is divided int...
International audience[Introduction] There are few things so rigorously present in human consciousne...
International audienceDer Beitrag reiht sich in drei aktuelle Forschungsstränge ein: (i) korpuslingu...
We present an empirical corpus study of the meaning and usage of time phrases in weather forecasts; ...
Weather expressions such as It is raining have proven challenging for linguistic researchers; not on...
International audienceWeather reports are a prime example of a text genre and can be found in variou...
Carry an umbrella even in good weather — the weather forecast as a text Television is an ...
Weather forecasts were early noted to be a domain where automatic translation was possible (Kittredg...