Source of Attribution in British Tabloid Newspaper Reports

Abstract

This bachelor paper is focused on the reference to the source of attribution in reported discourse in British tabloids newspaper reports. The theoretical part is divided into three sections. First, a theoretical concept of reported discourse is discussed. Next, the notion of an English noun phrase is characterized. Last but not least, the role of source attribution in the style of newspaper reports is introduced. Based on the theoretical background presented in the first part, the practical part consists of an analysis, aim of which is to provide a quantitative and qualitative description of the form of the source of attribution and its possible relations with the form of reported discourse in connection with the style of the texts analysed.