Discourse coordination and subordination in opinion columns

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Keywords: Discourse construction in texts, discourse coordination, opinion column,, Spanish sentenceinitial y
Agencies: Proyecto PID2021-123617NB-C43 Variación gramatical del español: microparámetros en las interficies de la sintaxis con los niveles morfológico-léxico y semántico-discursivo.

Abstract

In order to account for discourse coordination in the argumentation of opinion columns, a sentence discourse structure as a constituent of a wider discourse structure is posited. Sentences are discourse units connected to other units in a process where their discourse context provides the required information and a discourse constituent structure is built. Coordination with Spanish sentence-initial y («and») has subordinationto- the-left properties in the discourse constituent structure. These properties are analyzed in terms of their focus and topic features. Discourse coordination and subordination are shown to be an effective means to build complex intermediate discourse units that represent argumentative moves in opinion columns.

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Published
2024-05-07
How to Cite
Garrido Medina, J. (2024). Discourse coordination and subordination in opinion columns. Círculo de Lingüística Aplicada a la Comunicación, 98, 17-33. https://doi.org/10.5209/clac.94825