Spanish C2 · Day 39
Day 39: Autoría disputada mediante estilometría — Journalistic style: commentary and column (part 1)
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- Grammar: Journalistic style: commentary and column (part 1)
- Reading: La cédula del estilo
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Grammar point: Journalistic style: commentary and column (part 1)
A journalistic commentary can interrupt its own account to judge a fact while keeping that judgment visibly separate from the reported material. The key device is the parenthesis: an insertion whose syntax stands outside the surrounding clause. Compare: «El archivo sigue reteniendo el peritaje —una notable idea de transparencia— sin publicarlo.» Remove the insertion and the sentence remains complete.
Key vocabulary (8 of 39 words)
- la adscripción de autoría – attribution of authorship
- el hallazgo estilométrico – finding from statistical analysis of writing style
- el corpus de contraste – reference collection of texts
- el idiolecto – an individual's characteristic language use
- el peso de los rasgos – weighting of analytical features
- la capacidad discriminante – ability to distinguish reliably between categories
- la pista de adscripción – clue supporting an attribution
- la fuerza probatoria – strength as evidence
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