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What Do We Know about the World?
tal number of selected headlines. The results (both in the ratio of par-
aphrased and non-paraphrased headlines and in the absolute number
of paraphrased headlines) confirmed the hypothesis that weekly papers
contain more paraphrases than daily papers. The first reason lies in their
requirements. The first requirement of daily newspapers Slobodna Dal-
macija and Vjesnik is to inform the readers. In the headlines this could
be explained through the dominance of their semantic over pragmatic
function and consequently the reduced number of paraphrases. On the
other hand, weekly newspapers form more casual discourse the function
of which is to entertain the readers in addition to being of an informa-
tive character.
The analysis revealed differences in representation of paraphrase not
only in daily papers, but also in weekly papers. The measure of frequen-
cy in the ratio of paraphrased and non-paraphrased headlines showed
the following results: twelve paraphrased headlines out of a total num-
ber of four thousand one hundred eighty-four headlines were found in
Slobodna Dalmacija, which makes up 0.29 % of the corpus and eight
paraphrased headlines out of two thousand nine hundred and eleven
headlines were found in Vjesnik, which makes up 0.27 % of the corpus.
Furthermore, twenty-eight paraphrased headlines out of one thousand
one hundred forty-seven headlines were found in weekly paper Nacion-
al (2.4 %), and only nine paraphrased headlines out of total number of
one thousand six hundred twenty-four headlines were found in Globus
(0.55 %).
These results are also confirmed by the measure of frequency defined
in the absolute number of paraphrased headlines. Twelve out of twenty
paraphrases in daily papers were found in Slobodna Dalmacija (60 %),
and eight paraphrases were found in Vjesnik (40 %), which confirms our
previous hypothesis about the difference in addressing readership be-
tween popular and quality newspapers. A greater difference was found
in the usage of paraphrase in each weekly newspaper. Twenty-eight out
of thirty-seven paraphrases in weekly papers were found in Nacional (76
%), and nine paraphrases were found in Globus (24 %). These relations
are presented in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
tal number of selected headlines. The results (both in the ratio of par-
aphrased and non-paraphrased headlines and in the absolute number
of paraphrased headlines) confirmed the hypothesis that weekly papers
contain more paraphrases than daily papers. The first reason lies in their
requirements. The first requirement of daily newspapers Slobodna Dal-
macija and Vjesnik is to inform the readers. In the headlines this could
be explained through the dominance of their semantic over pragmatic
function and consequently the reduced number of paraphrases. On the
other hand, weekly newspapers form more casual discourse the function
of which is to entertain the readers in addition to being of an informa-
tive character.
The analysis revealed differences in representation of paraphrase not
only in daily papers, but also in weekly papers. The measure of frequen-
cy in the ratio of paraphrased and non-paraphrased headlines showed
the following results: twelve paraphrased headlines out of a total num-
ber of four thousand one hundred eighty-four headlines were found in
Slobodna Dalmacija, which makes up 0.29 % of the corpus and eight
paraphrased headlines out of two thousand nine hundred and eleven
headlines were found in Vjesnik, which makes up 0.27 % of the corpus.
Furthermore, twenty-eight paraphrased headlines out of one thousand
one hundred forty-seven headlines were found in weekly paper Nacion-
al (2.4 %), and only nine paraphrased headlines out of total number of
one thousand six hundred twenty-four headlines were found in Globus
(0.55 %).
These results are also confirmed by the measure of frequency defined
in the absolute number of paraphrased headlines. Twelve out of twenty
paraphrases in daily papers were found in Slobodna Dalmacija (60 %),
and eight paraphrases were found in Vjesnik (40 %), which confirms our
previous hypothesis about the difference in addressing readership be-
tween popular and quality newspapers. A greater difference was found
in the usage of paraphrase in each weekly newspaper. Twenty-eight out
of thirty-seven paraphrases in weekly papers were found in Nacional (76
%), and nine paraphrases were found in Globus (24 %). These relations
are presented in Figure 2 and Figure 3.
