The State of the Nation Debate as part of the democratic parliamentary ritual: Rajoy and Rubalcaba discourse analysis, 2014

  • Dimitrina Jivkova Semova Complutense University of Madrid
  • Graciela Padilla Castillo Complutense University of Madrid
  • Noé Pernía Complutense University of Madrid
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESMP.2016.v22.n1.52601
Keywords: Debate on the state of the nation, discourse analysis, Fairclough, crisis, economy

Abstract

In this article we analyze the Debate on the State of the Nation 2014. The methodology consists in coding the speeches of the prime minister, Mariano Rajoy (PP) and the then opposition leader Alfredo Perez Rubalcaba (PSOE) through extracting word clouds, branched maps and word trees that have shown the most common concepts and premises. This preliminary analysis of two dimensions, quantitative and qualitative, makes it much easier and viable subsequent discourse analysis where we focus on the different types of arguments in the communicative act: claim/solution, circumstantial premises, goal premises, value premises, meansgoal premises, alternative options/addressing alternative options.
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Published
2016-05-06
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Jivkova Semova, D., Padilla Castillo, G., & Pernía, N. (2016). The State of the Nation Debate as part of the democratic parliamentary ritual: Rajoy and Rubalcaba discourse analysis, 2014. Estudios Sobre El Mensaje Periodístico, 22(1), 375-390. https://doi.org/10.5209/rev_ESMP.2016.v22.n1.52601
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Vol. 22 No. 1 (2016)
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