Ús dels quantificadors adnominals per a la representació d’actors col·lectius en el discurs periodístic: el cas de catalans y espanyols

The description of an event or the representation of social actors and their actions in the media can vary depending on how certain discursive elements are emphasized, downplayed, or silenced to create diverse narratives and perceptions. This phenomenon is particularly relevant in contexts of political-ideological polarization, such as the Catalan-Spanish sociopolitical conflict surrounding Catalonia's independence in 2017. The study analyzes journalistic discourse about this conflict, focusing on social actors, particularly those groups identified by the labels "Catalans" and "Spaniards." The analysis centers on the use of adnominal quantifiers in collocation with these labels as a discursive tool. It starts from the premise that linguistic quantification has a pragmatic function influenced by the sociocultural context and the interlocutors' knowledge. The use of quantifiers can highlight certain reference groups or exclude others, thereby contributing to the construction of differentiated narratives. The study has two main objectives: first, to identify and classify the most frequent quantifiers in a multilingual corpus (Catalan, Spanish, and German) describing the collective social actors in the conflict; second, to formulate and validate hypotheses about their discursive use, communicative effects, and connection to ideologies. This research provides a deeper understanding of how quantifiers contribute to constructing different framings in journalistic discourse and their ideological implications through communicative strategies with often similar characteristics.