Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Football Commentary by Professionals and Fans : A Systemic Functional Approach
| Author | Ebrahim, Mohamed Ebrahim A Nabi | |
|---|---|---|
| metadata.dc.date.accessioned | 2026-09-20T15:45:00Z | |
| Publication date | 2022 | |
| Degree level | Master | |
| Abstract | Abstract : This study adopts the notion that football is like any other scientific and academic fields in the way the proficiency of its texts is assessed. Hence, with the emergence of social media (namely, Twitter) the fans became able to describe and analyze football matches as they are being played, making the description and analysis of football matches not limited to football commentators and pundits. Therefore, we investigate and compare the linguistic aspects of the professionals and the fans using SFL Bundles, a framework that combine two theories which share the concept of formulaicity (Systemic Functional Linguistics and Lexical bundles). The aim of this investigation and comparison is to measure the difference in linguistic proficiency between professionals and fans in the discourse of football. To achieve this purpose, two corpora of 5000 words are compiled, and the clauses within these corpora are extracted in excel sheets according to the fitting SFL bundle. The results show that the SFL Material bundle is the predominant bundle in both corpora (professionals and fans). Nevertheless, the quantitative similarity is superficial as the qualitative analysis reveals that some linguistic variations are actually due to the high linguistic competency of the professionals, but other variations are due to other factors such the difference in the mood of delivery (written and spoken). The study ends with recommending further research to be done on a larger corpus, in addition to exploring the subsidiary SFL Bundles which are beyond the scope of this study. | |
| metadata.dc.identifier.other | https://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/id/ab351a60-eb2e-4d7a-b3c1-3c99e84c32c0 | |
| metadata.dc.identifier.other | Drupal node 2505 | |
| metadata.dc.identifier.other | https://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/en/dar/analysis-lexical-bundles-football-commentary-professionals-and-fans-systemic-functional | |
| metadata.dc.identifier.uri | http://165.227.56.122/handle/123456789/6266 | |
| Language | en | |
| Link | https://digitalrepository.uob.edu.bh/en/_flysystem/fedora/2024-12/01-analysis-of-lexical-bundles-in-football-commentary-by-professionals-and-fans-a-systemic-functional-approach-1.pdf | |
| Title | Analysis of Lexical Bundles in Football Commentary by Professionals and Fans : A Systemic Functional Approach | |
| Type | Master's Thesis |
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