La expresión Qué A ni qué B constituye enunciados exclamativos que aparecen en intervenciones reactivas como comentarios de rechazo. Presenta variantes en su segundo miembro, algunas de ellas son términos minimizadores o malsonantes, con diferente grado de intensificación. Constituyen una… read more
The purpose of this chapter is twofold. First, it explores the discursive functioning of two constructions in Spanish: [
que conste/sepas
(
que
) + clause] and [
como si
+ subjunctive clause]. Second, it proposes, to this end, to extend the concept of… read more
El trabajo analiza la fijación de una construcción, si cabe, como operador escalar. Se describe su comportamiento como regulador de la escala: señala la posición superior y exige la combinación con otro intensificador. Se analiza también la aparición de la estructura en diferentes contextos, ya… read more
The aim of this chapter is to determine whether the expression of emotion is a meaningful variable in the argumentative discourse found in the Andalusian Parliament. The chapter also examines whether the gender factor has any relevance in the expression of emotion.This is because one of the main… read more
Parliamentary discourse is a confrontation talk where ideological positions are related to interactional roles. Intensification is the main politicians’ strategy, an identity device, and a mark of this professional discourse. It appears in all fields: semantic meaning, sentence intonation,… read more
The aim of this chapter is to provide documentary information on the weight of women in the Andalusian Parliament, from the first legislative terms until the 9th. The chapter also shows that parity of representation does not necessarily imply parity of participation. read more
This study addresses the development undergone by para colmo, a form which is in the process of becoming fixed as an argumentative operator and additive connector. Para colmo has undergone a process of subjectification (Traugott 1995a), which is crucial in the development of discourse markers,… read more
Los operadores argumentativos de comentario son unidades que introducen una evaluación del hablante sobre lo dicho. Se diferencian de otros operadores argumentativos en que presentan un afterthought o información añadida que apunta a la fuerza argumentativa de lo asertado. Estas expresiones actúan… read more
Vamos con todo is a mixed-genre entertainment programme transmitted in Ecuador on a national television channel. The segment of the programme that we examine in this paper focuses on gossip and events surrounding local/national celebrities. Talk as entertainment is central to this segment which… read more