EAN: 9783110766028

CONSTRUCTING US - MIGUEL A AIJÓN OLIVA KARTONIE...

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 structure and usage as motivated by the need to create meaning at all
semiotic levels. Rather than mere sets of deictic forms  persons constitute arrays of
functional strategies used by speakers to develop certain representations of themselves and
others. The degree of salience attributed to some participant through grammatical configuration
- including features like person  way of formulation and syntactic function - strongly
conditions the discursive role of that participant  as well as the communicative situation at
large. Methodologically  the demonstration conjugates the analysis of quantitative usage
patterns with that of specific instances of choice  in order to elucidate the stylistic
potential of syntactic forms in media contexts. Understanding variation as the construction of
meaning is essential to the scientific advancement of linguistics as an inherently social and
cognitive discipline.

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