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In this paper, a protocol for the analysis of mitigation is presented. Using the latest theoretic and methodological research on mitigation as well as the distinction of neighboring phenomena such as intensification and affiliation, we offer guidelines for the study of mitigation. This tool enables analysts to discern whether an item performs a mitigating function, as well as to carry out a complete analysis of how mitigation is deployed in each given context. After presenting the protocol, its application in different discursive genres and geographical varieties of Spanish is shown, thus proving that this scheme is a useful resource for the study of mitigation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Among the tools that serve to the linguistic intensification (phonic, grammatical, and lexical), this article tackles the issue of syntactic mechanisms, specifically the quantifiers tal(es), tan(to/a) (s), which function in intensifying structures with or without a consecutive or comparative clause. The main purpose of this work is to describe the solidarity between syntax and prosody in this kind of constructions, which have a significant role in persuasive texts. The corpus to be analysed consists of speeches in which the argumentative dimension is predominant. We will examine three sessions' records of the Spanish Congress of Deputies, a total amount of 12,5 hours, within the XIV legislature, held on October 13th and 20th and November 10th, 2021. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The present work, carried out within the theoretical framework of pragmatic linguistics and macrosyntax (Fuentes Rodríguez 2017a, 2017b [2000]), aims to analyze the concessive constructions of enunciation and their attenuating and intensifying functions in persuasive discourse. These constructions, of peripheral position, act on the speech act and present a dynamic macrosyntactic behavior in the argumentation. They modulate the enunciation and intervene in the speech giving it an expressive nuance: it can soften or reinforce it without affecting its truth. From there we can see the attitude shown by the speaker about his own statement. These constructions allow the speaker to achieve self-protection of the self-image, or to prevent a threat to the participants in the verbal interaction. This is its attenuating effect. On the other hand, the assertion can also be emphasized if in the constructions the speaker resorts to the condition located at the limit of the scale and carries out an evaluation towards reality. And the two communicative strategies have something in common: they are deliberately used by the speaker to persuade his listener more effectively. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The interjection is considered in some grammars as a class of words, other times it is included among the exclamatory groups. Its macrosyntactic behavior has been scarcely approached despite constituting a broad and dynamic paradigm. The interjection can act as an autonomous modal utterance or be included within the utterance performing various functions. The scope of the affected element in each case differs. This paper analyzes those contexts in which interjective terms with malsonant content develop procedural meanings of argumentative intensification. We describe their syntagmatic distribution, their scope and the constructions they generate. We also delimit whether we are dealing with free or semi-fixed constructions and in which cases we can already speak of grammaticalized discourse operators or those close to fixation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]