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Lingüística

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CUCATTO, Mariana. COMPLEX CONNECTIVE CONTRUCTIONS IN COURT ARGUMENTATION: THE CASE OF PARA MAYOR SATISFACCIÓN. Lingüística [online]. 2021, vol.37, n.2, pp.31-47.  Epub Dec 01, 2021. ISSN 2079-312X.  https://doi.org/10.5935/2079-312x.20210022.

Stemming from the analysis of court decisions delivered by the Supreme Court of the Province of Buenos Aires, this article studies the behavior of the formulaic connective expressionpara mayor satisfacción,by means of which Justices introduce arguments which, though not used to found the decision, do in fact increase their decision’s persuasive strength.

It is through this device that Courts show that further reasons will be introduced to provide more and better responses to the issues requested and the defenses provided. We argue thatpara mayor satisfaccióncreates multiple interpretative links as this expression fulfills a triple connective function: contrast + addition + closing. We also show that this phrase is, in turn, usually part of complex connective constructions which are highly productive, as they not only mark a boundary between essential arguments and those which introduce further information, but they also collect and synthesize essential arguments as well as the conclusion or the decision these suppor.

Keywords : Court argumentation; formulaic connectors; para mayor satisfacción; complex connective constructions.

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