Constructing Us : : The First and Second Persons in Spanish Media Discourse / / Miguel A. Aijón Oliva.

Developments in the analysis of linguistic variation show the need for a theoretical model whereby variants are viewed as cognitively-based communicative choices. In this book, the analysis of the first and second grammatical persons in Spanish media discourse illustrates an approach to linguistic s...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DG Plus DeG Package 2019 Part 1
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Beihefte zur Zeitschrift für romanische Philologie , 435
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Physical Description:1 online resource (382 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Outline of this book
  • 1. Linguistic choice and the construction of meaning
  • 2. Variable grammar: the continuum of syntactic functions
  • 3. The first and second persons: discourse in grammar
  • 4. The singular first person: the speaker
  • 5. The plural first person: more than the speaker
  • 6. The singular second person: the addressee
  • 7. The plural second person: the audience
  • 8. The displaced second persons: addressees and audiences far away
  • 9. The construction of style across textual genres
  • 10. The construction of style across participant identities
  • 11. Conclusions
  • 12. References
  • Appendices