Document Type : Research Paper
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Faculty member of Institute of Humanities and Cultural Studies
Abstract
The transmission of messages through new communication channels, such as websites, is one of the novel tasks that language has undertaken, and the expansion of such linguistic communications necessitates further research in this area. The plurality of both authors and audiences on websites has resulted in these platforms serving as mediums for promoting either standard or, in some instances, non-standard linguistic patterns; thus, provided that sound and standard prose underpins the writing on these websites, they can also be regarded as tools for teaching standard language models. In this study, the Tabnak news website was examined from this perspective, and its news articles from Farvardin to Shahrivar 1401 were analyzed regarding the application of non-standard Persian linguistic patterns. Following the analysis, the findings were categorized into three groups: 1. Technical Editing: Involving the punctuation rules of the Persian script. 2. Linguistic Editing: Encompassing the examination of non-standard forms in three categories: nouns, verbs, and particles. 3.Rhetorical Editing: Comprising clichés, improper borrowing of linguistic expressions, and spurious innovations. In each category, non-standard forms were identified and their standard counterparts provided to reinforce practical applicability. The results indicate that non-standard linguistic patterns were most prevalent in the second category, namely linguistic editing, compared to the other groups. Consequently, there is a clear need for enhanced practical training on this issue for the target audience—namely, journalists and editors of news websites—and, from a research perspective, the generalizability of these findings may be improved by expanding the sample size.
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