Identity and Rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in the Lexicon of the Football Chronicles of the Newspaper Marca Cover Image

Identidad y rivalidad entre Real Madrid y FC Barcelona en el léxico de las crónicas futbolísticas del diario Marca
Identity and Rivalry between Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in the Lexicon of the Football Chronicles of the Newspaper Marca

Author(s): Antonio María López González
Subject(s): Media studies, Lexis, Sports Studies, Stylistics
Published by: KSIĘGARNIA AKADEMICKA Sp. z o.o.
Keywords: journalistic language; football; lexicon; designation; terminology; identity;

Summary/Abstract: This article analyzes the lexical and semantic expression of the identity and rivalry of Real Madrid and FC Barcelona in the sports chronicles of the newspaper Marca. Based on the statistical analysis of word types and concordances in a textual corpus, the terms relating to the concept of ‘team’, regarding both clubs, were charcterized. Two things were analyzed: the lexicon that identifies and characterizes both clubs and the way in which these words are designated by means of denotation, identification and connotation in the analyzed chronicles.

  • Issue Year: 2020
  • Issue No: 19
  • Page Range: 135-156
  • Page Count: 22
  • Language: Spanish