Linguistic strategies referring to politicians in the Spanish written press: an analysis of appositive constructions
This article proposes an empirical study on the naming strategies when referring to politicians. More precisely, our analysis is based on a corpus of journalistic articles in contemporary Spanish and gathers a homogeneous set of so-called loose appositive constructions referring to politicians....
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This article proposes an empirical study on the naming strategies when referring to politicians. More precisely, our analysis is based on a corpus of journalistic articles in contemporary Spanish and gathers a homogeneous set of so-called loose appositive constructions referring to politicians. The aim of the study is to provide a structured analysis of the linguistic features of the appositive constructions collected in our database. We will argue that the 1084 appositive constructions examined present a predicational relationship. We distinguish between three types of predicational appositive constructions: specificational, attributional, and identificational constructions. Together with a description of the syntactic and semantic characteristics of these constructions, we also examine their informative role in journalistic articles. More precisely, we consider how syntax reflects a di_erent semantic content and a di_erent discourse function.
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| spelling | doaj-art-0c2c24a4132343f3a10d8c844e5d520e2025-01-16T09:37:02ZengUniversidad de CádizPragmalingüística1133-682X2445-30642010-12-0118Linguistic strategies referring to politicians in the Spanish written press: an analysis of appositive constructionsAn Vande Casteele This article proposes an empirical study on the naming strategies when referring to politicians. More precisely, our analysis is based on a corpus of journalistic articles in contemporary Spanish and gathers a homogeneous set of so-called loose appositive constructions referring to politicians. The aim of the study is to provide a structured analysis of the linguistic features of the appositive constructions collected in our database. We will argue that the 1084 appositive constructions examined present a predicational relationship. We distinguish between three types of predicational appositive constructions: specificational, attributional, and identificational constructions. Together with a description of the syntactic and semantic characteristics of these constructions, we also examine their informative role in journalistic articles. More precisely, we consider how syntax reflects a di_erent semantic content and a di_erent discourse function. http://localhost:8888/ojs-uca.3.3.x/index.php/pragma/article/view/210Appositive constructionSpanish written pressNaming strategiesSecondary predication. |
| spellingShingle | An Vande Casteele Linguistic strategies referring to politicians in the Spanish written press: an analysis of appositive constructions Pragmalingüística Appositive construction Spanish written press Naming strategies Secondary predication. |
| title | Linguistic strategies referring to politicians in the Spanish written press: an analysis of appositive constructions |
| title_full | Linguistic strategies referring to politicians in the Spanish written press: an analysis of appositive constructions |
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| title_short | Linguistic strategies referring to politicians in the Spanish written press: an analysis of appositive constructions |
| title_sort | linguistic strategies referring to politicians in the spanish written press an analysis of appositive constructions |
| topic | Appositive construction Spanish written press Naming strategies Secondary predication. |
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