Teun Van Dijk

Discourse and Context: A Sociocognitive Approach

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ISBN 13:: 9780521130301
author:: Teun Van Dijk
format:: Paperback
publisher:: Cambridge University Press
language:: English
Publication Year:: 2010
Pages:: 284
Dimensions:: 15.2 x 1.6 x 22.9 cm
Genre:: Society, Politics & Philosophy, Social Sciences, Linguistics, Teun Van Dijk,Discourse and Context: A Sociocognitive Approach,Cambridge University Press,0521130301,Language Arts & Disciplines,Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy,Language,Anthropolog
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Discourse and Context: A Sociocognitive Approach by Teun A. van Dijk explores how social situations influence language use, discourse, and conversation. This monograph presents a multidisciplinary theory of context, which is constructed by participants themselves as 'subjective definitions of the communicative situation'. The book examines how these context models dynamically control language use, ensuring that discourses are appropriate in the given situation. The author's sociocognitive notion of context models is studied from both linguistic and cognitive perspectives. This approach differs from earlier theories, which defined contexts as objective social variables. Instead, context models are made explicit by participants, controlling all aspects of language use and discourse. The book builds on this theory, providing a comprehensive understanding of how context influences communication. This work complements the author's previous publication, Society and Discourse, which develops the social psychological, sociological, and anthropological dimensions of the theory of context.

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