Abstract

HERNANDEZ MIRANDA, NATALÍ. Media construction of losers and winners in the political field: analysis of metaphors, topics and lexicalization. Cuad. linguist. hisp. [online]. 2015, n.25, pp.81-98. ISSN 0121-053X.

This article is a sample of the theoretical and methodological aspects, and the results of a finished research project entitled "Journalistic discourse analysis of the reelection of former president Álvaro Uribe Vélez: a case of legitimation in Semana magazine (2005-2006)". This research project accounts for the manner in which some discursive resources, such as lexicalization, metaphor, and topicalization are used as legitimation strategies of some political actors and their actions, as depicted in Semana magazine; contributing to the presidential reelection of Álvaro Uribe Vélez in 2006, currently one of the most controversial political figures in our country.

Keywords : critical discourse analysis; ideology; hegemony; legitimation; metaphor; lexicalization; topicalization.

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