La construcción de la identidad nacional en el discurso periodísticoel caso de Gibraltar

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: Recent studies within the linguistic paradigm of CDA (critical discourse analysis) have focused on the discursive construction of national identity, among them is the model developed by Professor Wodak and the Vienna School of Discourse Analysis, known as the discourse-historical approach. The present investigation applies this method to a new context, Gibraltar. Due to its particular historical evolution and recent events, the question of this community's identity is a central issue nowadays. This study analyses editorial articles from Gibraltarian, British and Spanish newspapers to discover how this community was discursively constructed and represented in the press, and consequently the image that this potent means of mass communication disseminated.