Definitions and Explanations in Modern Journalistic Texts: Editorial Aspect

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Molibozhenko R.A.

PhD in Philology, Senior Lecturer at the Chair of Editing, Publishing and Informatics, Faculty of Journalism, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

e-mail: kafedra_rio@mail.ru

Section: Media Language

The article characterizes such types of logically correct text as definition and explanation. It also covers ways of its substitution and supplementation, for example description. Analysis of examples from newspaper and magazine publications lets author prove recommendations addressed to the writers of journalistic texts. Author of the re­search hopes thatformulated requirements to a journalist and an editor will help to avoid many mistakes during the creation and preparation of journalistic text to print.

Keywords: definition, explanation, description, types of violations