Charlie Brooker - The Voice - Lexis and Semantics
Throughout Charlie Brookers article he uses a range of lexis and semantics that relate to the popular television show, The Voice. Using non-standard lexis in the article, such as when it says 'easy topic to scribble nonsense about' promotes an informal and humorous tone. Furthermore, the fact that he is talking about a widely know television show that a variety of people and ages watch it would be inappropriate as well as less effective to use standard lexis. However, Charlie Brooker does use jargon which relate to the television show, an example of this is when he says 'After three hours I checked the timebar to discover I was still only an eighth of the way through'. Viewers of the voice will understand the exaggeration used here but can also relate to his point.
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