El tiempo de los titulares. Un análisis verbal de la titulación en la prensa española durante el periodo 1980/2005

Abstract

Between the years 1980 and 2005, the syntax of Spanish newspapers headlines underwent significant transformations, Most remarkable is the shift toward the use of the present tense, in accordance with the Style Guides of the main newspapers. Howeber, the rise in the use of future tense and the widespread use of verbeless headlines departs from the conventions set by the Style Guides. We conclude that these Guides are applied mainly to hard news headlines, while others headlines display a great verbal variety.