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1. EL IMAGINARIO ECONÓMICO DE LA LENGUA ESPAÑOLA: LAS CIFRAS Y LAS LETRAS.

Author

MARIMÓN LLORCA, CARMEN and BARRA HERNÁNDEZ, PILAR

Subjects
*SPANISH language, *LANGUAGE & languages, *DISCOURSE analysis, *JOURNALISM, *LINGUISTICS, *IDEOLOGY, *ECONOMICS
Abstract

Starting from the data and current models for the study of the language from the economic perspective -language economics-, this paper aims to show how the economic value of the Spanish language is perceived in the media and how news about it contribute to construct an imaginary that legitimates the value of language. To this end, a corpus consisting of texts from the Spanish periodical press between the years 2001 and 2017 is analyzed. The quantitative analysis shows the discontinuity/permanence of the discourse over time and its linkage with the media. The qualitative analysis reveals the three features that identify this type of discourse: the insistence on quantification, the enhancement of the symbolic value of language and the repetition and thematic exhaustion. This investigation is an empirical-critical work that uses tools from both Economic science and Socio-Discursive analysis. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2018

2. MODALIDAD Y ATENUACIÓN. ANÁLISIS DE UN POCO Y DE SUS ALTERACIONES MORFOLÓGICAS EN LAS CONVERSACIONES COLOQUIALES.

Author

MARIOTTINI, LAURA

Subjects
*SPANISH language, *MORPHOLOGY (Grammar), *LINGUISTICS, *MODALITY (Linguistics), *LINGUISTIC politeness, *DISCOURSE analysis, *SEMANTICS, *PRAGMATICS
Abstract

In this paper I examine the function and the use of un poco and of its morphological alterations (un poquito, un poquitín, etc.) in different levels: in speech acts, in propositions, in speech, in social relationship established between speaker and hearer, and, finally, in context. Theoretical framework of the analysis is, primarily, modality, a notion applying to utterances and indicating the compromise level which the speaker maintains in respect of the utterance faithful. Secondly, I refer to mitigation within the most general theory of Politeness, in which this is a strategy to modulate speech act effects (Lakoff, 1972; Caffi, 1999, 2002, 2007). Here I examine the function of un poco from a semantic-pragmatic perspective also taking into account discourse's dimensión and the situations in which they occur. To study the phenomenon, I use real conversations' data proceeding by the Corpus de Conversaciones Coloquiales Val.Es.Co and by the Corpus de Referencia del Español Actual CREA, to which I add some fragments proceeding by conversations that I recorded and transcribed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2012

3. LOS NEXOS DE LAS ESTRUCTURAS COMPARATIVAS PROPORCIONALES EN ESPAÑOL.

Author

MORERA, MARCIAL

Subjects
*SPANISH language, *DISCOURSE analysis, *FRAMES (Linguistics), *LINGUISTIC analysis, *ORAL communication, *SEMANTICS
Abstract

In the Spanish language, the "proportional correlation" is expressed by different syntactic forms depending on the type of discourse, the geographic areas, etc. This paper deals with the semantic-linguistic differences --in many cases, very large-- between these particular forms and the varied senses which they acquire in the speech uses. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2008