Kommentartypen in italienischen Tageszeitungen am Beispiel von Leitartikeln aus L'Unità und Libero. Anmerkungen zu syntaktischen Besonderheiten

Based on the methodological considerations described in LENK/VESALAINEN (eds.) (2012), LENK (ed.) (2015), and BUFFAGNI et al. (2016), this article starts with a description of general features of commentaries in the Italian press, using examples from the Helsinki Commentary Corpus. After a brief presentation of commentaries and editorials on the subject of the papal election, published on the first pages of six representative Italian daily newspapers, the article then focuses on the study of this text type in the Italian press, followed by an analysis of two example texts (from L'Unità and Libero) on the same topic. The aim is to show to what extent these types of text have innovative features in terms of syntax and style.