newspaper English · revision 4292

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈnjuːsˌpeɪ.pə/, US /ˈnuːzˌpeɪ.pɚ/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is a compound of [[news]] and [[paper]],^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002) first written newes paper.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ A sheet of reports of passing events, issued at short regular intervals: 1667 in Merriam-Webster Unabridged,^(MWU 2024) the 1660s in Etymonline,^(Etymonline) 1670 in the OED and the Collegiate.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) The thing itself is older than the word.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ As a modifier, as in newspaper article, newspaper advertisement, it is from 1851,^(OED 1989) and ''newspaper English'', journalese, from 1888.^(OED 1989) The verb, at first to read a newspaper, is from the early 19th century, and now, chiefly in American English, to work on a newspaper,^(SOED 2002) from 1943 in the OED.^(OED 1989) In Scotland a newspaper-man or newspaper-woman was a great reader of newspapers.^(Wright 1898)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1667 – a newspaper.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1851 – as a modifier.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1888 – ''newspaper English''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1943 – verb, to work on a newspaper.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A publication, usually daily or weekly, with [[news]], editorials, feature articles and usually [[advertising]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # A company that publishes such a paper.^(MW Collegiate)

+ # The paper on which it is printed; [[newsprint]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # ''(chiefly US)'' To work on a newspaper.^(MW Collegiate)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[newspaperdom]]

+ * [[newspaperish]]

+ * [[newspaperman]]

+ * [[newspaperwoman]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[news]]

+ * [[paper]]

+ * [[newsprint]]

+ * [[gazette]]

+ * [[journal]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}