Colloquial morphosyntactic features in the genre of radio comments in Spain. The case of the “Alsina Monologue” on Onda Cero

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.91476
Keywords: Radio, Journalistic Genre, Radio Comments, oral, Colloquial register

Abstract

The commentary is one of the common genres in the programming of Spanish general radio stations. This work carries out a case study of three types of morphosyntactic features of the colloquial register in the “Alsina Monologue” section of the program Más de uno, on the radio station Onda Cero. The 40 monologues of journalist Carlos Alsina broadcast between March 8 and May 7, 2021, are analyzed in the context of the covid-19 pandemic and a regional political campaign. As a theoretical framework, studies of the colloquial register in orality have been adopted (Briz, 2010a, 2010b; López Serena, 2007, 2022) and the analysis of the colloquial in radio commentary (Martínez-Costa, Herrera and Llopis; 2008, 2013). The research confirms the use of these colloquial marks and offers a representative sample of examples of three of these features at the morphosyntactic level: subjective parenthetical comments, appeals to listeners and dramatized stories. The results support the previous observation that the use of the colloquial register constitutes a characteristic of Carlos Alsina's communicative style in his monologues, close to his audience.

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Raquel Pinilla Gómez, Rey Juan Carlos University

Es Profesora contratada doctora en la Universidad Rey Juan Carlos (URJC) de Madrid. Licenciada en Filología hispánica y Doctora en Filología por la Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Ha sido directora del Máster Universitario en Comunicación social y accesibilidad de la URJC. Actualmente es Secretaría académica de la Escuela de Másteres Oficiales en la URJC. Ejerce como docente de las asignaturas de Lengua Española en los grados de la Facultad de Ciencias de la Comunicación de la URJC y como formadora de profesores de español como lengua extranjera (E/LE). Ha publicado numerosos artículos sobre las relaciones entre la lengua española y el periodismo, así como libros de enseñanza del español. Sus principales líneas de investigación son el español en los medios de comunicación, la enseñanza de la lengua española en la educación superior y el análisis de los discursos del terrorismo.

Carles Marín Lladó, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos

Doctor of Hispanic Filology from the University of Balearic Islands (2003). Graduate in Journalism from the University Pompeu Fabra (1994).
Degree in Spanish (1996) and Degree in Catalan (1998).

Full Professor at the University of Ramon Llull (Barcelona) (2003-2004) and the Rey Juan Carlos University (since 2003), where he teaches subjects related to communication, TV News and Multimedia.

From 2006 to 2009 he was Associate Dean at the Faculty of Communication Sciences of the Rey Juan Carlos University.

From 2017 to 2018 he was Vice-Chancellor of Communication of the Rey Juan Carlos University.

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Published
2024-03-18
How to Cite
Pinilla Gómez R. y Marín Lladó C. (2024). Colloquial morphosyntactic features in the genre of radio comments in Spain. The case of the “Alsina Monologue” on Onda Cero. Estudios sobre el Mensaje Periodístico, 30(1), 187-197. https://doi.org/10.5209/esmp.91476
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Vol. 30 No. 1 (2024)
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Research and Documents

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