In:Prosody in Interaction
Edited by Dagmar Barth-Weingarten, Elisabeth Reber and Margret Selting
[Studies in Discourse and Grammar 23] 2010
► pp. 239–242
Commentating fictive and real sports
Comments on Friederike Kern “Speaking dramatically: The prosody of radio live commentary of football matches”
Published online: 22 December 2010
https://doi.org/10.1075/sidag.23.19wag
https://doi.org/10.1075/sidag.23.19wag
And it’s Johnson – Johnson with the Quaffle (...) and she´s ducked Warrington, she´s passed Montague, she´s – ouch – been hit from behind by a Bludger from Crabbe ... Montague catches the Quaffle, Montague heading back up the pitch and – nice Bludger there from George Weasley, that’s a Bludger to the head of Montague, he drops the Quaffle, caught by Katie Bell, Katie Bell of Griffindor reverse-passes to Alicia Spinnet and Spinnet’s away – (...) dodges Warrington, avoids a Bludger – close call Alicia – and the crowds are loving this, just listen to them(Rowling 2003: 360)
