El funcionamiento valorativo de la metáfora léxica en la prensa digital sobre las protestas en Chile desde 2019

Translated title of the contribution: The appraisal functionality of lexical metaphor in the digital press about protests in Chile since 2019

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Abstract

This research aims to characterise the appraising role of lexical metaphor in the digital media discourse regarding the Chilean protests from October 2019 to the same month of 2021. The methodology includes the identification of lexical metaphors in ten news publications and their examination under the appraisal system (Martin & White, 2005). Among the results, it highlights the complexity of lexical metaphor as an appraisal linguistic construct, which, for example, can communicate attitudes with graduation values and introduce attributions in discourse. We conclude that such functional diversity contributes to the covert alignment of readers with the axiological dispositions of journalistic media.

Translated title of the contributionThe appraisal functionality of lexical metaphor in the digital press about protests in Chile since 2019
Original languageSpanish
Pages (from-to)381-408
Number of pages28
JournalLiteratura y Linguistica
Issue number50
DOIs
StatePublished - 2024
Externally publishedYes

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