Contents -- List of Diagrams and Tables -- List of Abbreviations -- Transcription Conventions -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 General Introduction -- 1.2 The Dataset: The ATTAC-Corpus -- 1.2.1 AE1C -- 1.2.2 AE2C -- 1.2.3 BB1R -- 1.2.4 BB2R -- 1.2.5 EB1A -- 1.2.6 EB2A -- 1.2.7 EB2R -- 1.2.8 ED1R -- 1.2.9 ES1R -- 1.2.10 ES2R -- 1.2.11 GS1L -- 1.2.12 GS2L -- 1.2.13 JR1T -- 1.2.14 JR2T -- 1.3 Methodologies and Literature Review -- 1.3.1 Transcription -- 1.3.1.1 Readability -- 1.3.1.2 Limitation -- 1.3.1.3 Iconicity -- 1.3.1.4 Conventionality -- 1.3.1.5 Usage within Discourse Studies -- 1.3.1.6 Intonation Unit -- 1.3.2 Technical Support -- 1.3.3 Analysing Talk in the Reception Situation as Discourse and Text -- 1.3.4 Conversation Analysis and Interactional Sociolinguistics -- 1.3.5 Intertextuality and Multimodality -- 1.3.6 Media Studies -- 1.3.7 Linguistic Media Studies and Appropriation -- 1.3.8 Football and the Humanities -- 1.3.9 Sports Announcer Talk -- 1.4 The Setting -- 1.5 Short Overview -- Chapter 2 Cohesion -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Reference -- 2.2.1 Personal Pronouns -- 2.2.1.1 1st Person Singular Pronouns I me mine my -- 2.2.1.2 2nd Person Pronouns you your yours -- 2.2.1.3 1st Person Plural Pronouns we us our ours -- 2.2.1.4 3rd Person Singular Masculine Pronouns he him his -- 2.2.1.5 3rd Person Singular Feminine Pronouns she her hers -- 2.2.1.6 3rd Person Singular Impersonal Pronouns it its -- 2.2.1.7 3rd Person Plural Pronouns they them their theirs -- 2.2.2 Demonstrative Reference -- 2.2.2.1 Demonstratives this these that those -- 2.2.2.2 Demonstrative Adverbs now then here there -- 2.2.2.3 Definite Article the -- 2.2.3 Comparative Reference -- 2.3 Substitution and Ellipsis -- 2.4 Conjunction -- 2.5 Lexical Cohesion -- 2.6 Summary -- Chapter 3 Interactionality -- 3.1 Backchannelling without Backchannel: Signalling Listenership.

3.2 Tying in with Discourse Markers -- 3.3 Direct Address -- 3.3.1 Imperative Verb Phrases -- 3.3.2 2nd Person Pronouns -- 3.3.3 Terms of Address -- 3.3.4 Addressing the Commentators -- 3.3.5 Uptake by the Other Viewers -- 3.4 The Television as Party to the Conversation -- 3.4.1 Granting Turn-Rights to the Television -- 3.4.2 Building Adjacency Pairs and Sequences with the Television -- 3.4.3 Conclusion -- 3.5 Summary -- Chapter 4 Focus on the Broadcast Game -- 4.1 Gaze -- 4.1.1 Non-Linguistic Factors -- 4.1.1.1 The More Talk, the More Gaze Redirections -- 4.1.1.2 Age and Seating Position -- 4.1.2 Humour and Gaze -- 4.1.2.1 Jokes by the Viewers -- 4.1.2.2 Humour in the Primary Media Text -- 4.1.3 Discussion -- 4.2 Pointing to the Screen -- 4.3 Verbal Uptake of Pictures -- 4.3.1 Interjections as Markers of Orientation to the Pictures -- 4.3.2 Interruptions through Events in the Game -- 4.3.3 Topics Brought about by the Pictures -- 4.4 Summary -- Chapter 5 Other Signs of Involvement by the Viewers -- 5.1 Vocal Signs of Involvement -- 5.1.1 Singing -- 5.1.2 Laughter -- 5.1.3 Moaning and Sighing -- 5.1.4 Cursing -- 5.2 Embodied Signs of Involvement -- 5.2.1 Clapping and Pounding on Objects or Body Parts -- 5.2.2 Dancing -- 5.2.3 Getting Up or Jumping Up and Down -- 5.3 Summary -- Chapter 6 Conclusion -- 6.1 Functions of the Viewers' Talk and the Media Text -- 6.2 Identity in the Football Reception Situation -- 6.2.1 Being a Fan: Building a Feeling of Belonging and Solidarity -- 6.2.2 Being an Expert: Demonstrating Independent Knowledge -- 6.2.3 Conflicting Identities?-Being Fan and Expert -- 6.2.4 A Short Note on Gender -- 6.3 Summary and Discussion -- Appendix -- Bibliography -- Subject Index.