Genre Realized in Theme: The Case of News Reports and Commentaries
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the clausal thematic features observed in two newspaper genres —news reports and commentaries— can be interpreted as textual signals of their dif erent generic characterization. This is done through the qualitative and quantitative analysis of a...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2012 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM) |
| Repositorio: | Docta Complutense |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/108563 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/108563 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | 070 070.431 811.111'4 Newspaper genres Thematic features Reports Commentaries Filología inglesa Lingüística Periodismo 5505.10 Filología 57 Lingüística |
| Sumario: | ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper is to analyze how the clausal thematic features observed in two newspaper genres —news reports and commentaries— can be interpreted as textual signals of their dif erent generic characterization. This is done through the qualitative and quantitative analysis of a sample consisting of thirty-three English texts, divided into two groups of seventeen news reports and sixteen commentaries, respectively. The analysis focused on the following thematic features: (1) the experiential elements selected as Thematic Heads; (2) the semantic nature of the nominal elements realizing these Heads and their internal structure; (3) the textual and interpersonal thematic choices as part of a multiple theme. The analysis reveals that each newspaper genre prefers certain thematic features and that the dif erences between the two genres are statistically signii cant. It is suggested that these thematic preferences can be attributed to genre-related variables such as the communicative purpose or the subject matter of the text. |
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