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Article published In: Estrategias atenuantes en géneros discursivos del español: Interfaz semántico-pragmática
Edited by Marta Albelda Marco
[Spanish in Context 15:2] 2018
► pp. 258–280

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Atenuación, género discursivo e imagen

 | Universitat de Barcelona

Article language: Spanish

Published online: 19 October 2018
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https://doi.org/10.1075/sic.00014.fig
Abstracto
La imagen constituye un fenómeno que puede abordarse desde múltiples perspectivas y que involucra distintos componentes de carácter cognitivo, psicológico, social, cultural e interpersonal. El presente trabajo persigue un doble objetivo: por una parte, ofrecer una definición multidimensional e interdisciplinar de la imagen que resulte aplicable al estudio de determinadas operaciones pragmáticas, como la atenuación lingüística; por otra, establecer la relación entre género discursivo e imagen, a partir del examen de las estrategias de atenuación en cinco géneros distintos (conversación coloquial, artículos académicos, foros en línea, mesa redonda de expertos en TV y debates presidenciales). El análisis revela que los mecanismos lingüísticos de atenuación constituyen índices de los atributos individuales de la imagen reclamados por los participantes en cada modalidad discursiva.
Article outline
  • 1.Introducción
  • 2.Hacia una definición operativa de imagen
    • 2.1Dimensión social de la imagen
      • 2.1.1Las variables culturales transnacionales
      • 2.1.2Las variables situacionales
    • 2.2Variables individuales
      • 2.2.1El yo en la cultura: El constructo del yo
      • 2.2.2Autopresentación (self-presentation)
  • 3.Atenuación, actividad de imagen y género discursivo
    • 3.1Metodología
      • 3.1.1Corpus
      • 3.2.2Procedimiento
  • 4.Resultados y discusión
  • 5.Reflexiones finales
  • Notas
  • Referencias
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