20th Century Spanish Journalism: A Historical Overview
Journalistic Language and Functions
Journalism’s major functions are to inform, educate, and entertain. Information must be reliable, firsthand, sufficiently proven, and objective. Key characteristics include:
- The issuer is the newspaper company.
- The receiver is anonymous, multiple, and heterogeneous.
- Different codes are used: linguistic, typographical, and iconic.
- The message comprises both the specific content and the final aim.
- The situational context encompasses all circumstances relating to the subject.
Understanding Gender and Number in Spanish Grammar
Gender in Spanish
A common misconception is that gender always indicates the sex of a noun. However, gender is often an inherent trait. For example, mesa (table) is always feminine, and libro (book) is always masculine. This assignment is arbitrary and based on historical factors, not the object’s properties.
Therefore, the final vowel of nouns like mesa or libro is not a gender morpheme but part of the stem. Only when a noun refers to a sexed entity does gender provide that information (e.g., niño/
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1. Materials Used in Construction
Construction materials are used in home building, monuments, and public works.
Stone Materials
Compact Rocks: These are stone blocks of limestone, marble, granite, etc., which are named blocks, masonry, pavers, and slabs.
Disintegrated Rocks: These are fragments of stone of varying sizes.
- Clay: Rocks of very small grains, characterized by their ability to absorb water.
- Arid: Fragments from the disintegration of other rocks.
Cementing Materials
Binders are materials that,
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Scientific and Technical Texts
Main Objective
The main objective of scientific and technical texts is to report on the activity and progress of science and technology.
Communicative Features
Communicative traits of scientific and technical texts are influenced by the following:
- Goal of Communication: The primary purpose is the transmission of knowledge.
- Communicative Situation: The specific conditions that influence language and discourse features. Examples include formal situations between professionals,
Modernization Paradigms: Weber, Parsons, Rostow, and the Marshall Plan
Modernization Paradigms
Max Weber’s Influence
Max Weber’s theoretical corpus breaks with deterministic conceptions of societal development. He proposes a more comprehensive approach, incorporating both linear and cyclical views.
Linear View: Weber sees the shift from traditional to modern societies as a growing process of rationalization. This is evident in the changes affecting ownership, work mechanization, workforce nature, markets, and laws, all increasingly assuming a rational character.
Cyclical
Read MoreNoun Phrase in Traditional Grammar: A Comprehensive Analysis
Noun Phrase
Introduction
Traditional grammar often links the noun phrase (SN) with the subject of a sentence. However, this is a misconception. The SN can perform various syntactic functions, including direct object (CD), attribute, prepositional term, and more. This section focuses on the grammatical categories within the SN and their functions.
Structure of the Noun Phrase
SN: (Determiner) + Core + (Adjunct)
Core
The core of the SN is always a noun or pronoun.
1. The Noun
Semantically, a noun represents
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