Discourse coordination and subordination in opinion columns
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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