RT Conference Proceedings
T1 Travelblogs and Evidentiality
A1 Cortés-Zaborras, Carmen
K1 Turismo
AB Travelblogs are one of the most profitable discursive subgenres on Web 2.0. Multimodal texts of this cybergenre created by expert travellers have kept the functions, topics, and some of thediscursive and linguistic characteristics of traditional travel texts. However, the undeniablespecificity of this informal genre is based on various items. Firstly, it’s hybrid, mixing professional and personal texts features. Secondly, it has an interactive nature based on readers' contributions and their implication in the main text. Thirdly, the authors' personal implication, the close experiences shared by the recipients, and the eWOM function of the blogs grant credibility. Fourthly, the significance authors attribute to visual and verbal evidenciality that emphasizes intersubjectivity and negotiation of common sense. By analyzing the posts by the professional group Travel Inspirers on Paris from 2008 to 2014, I show how travelblog authors use visual and verbal discourses to form individual and collective evidence in order to achieve the success of their blog. Discourse analysis methodology allows me to explore post-verbal structures and disclose how modalities and evidentiality function both in travelers' texts and in readers' comments.
YR 2016
FD 2016-01-29
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10913
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10630/10913
LA eng
NO Universidad de Málaga. Campus de Excelencia Internacional Andalucía Tech.
DS RIUMA. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Málaga
RD 19 ene 2026