Society and discourse
Teun A. van Dijk
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Society and discourse
Published
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pages
287
ISBN-13
9780521516907
Description
"Van Dijk presents a new theory of context that explains how text and talk are adapted to their social environment. He argues that instead of the usual direct relationship being established between society and discourse, this influence is indirect and depends on how language users themselves 'define' the communicative situation. The new concept van Dijk introduces for such definitions is that of context models. These models control all language production and understanding and explain how discourse is made appropriate in each situation. They are the missing link between language and society so far ignored in pragmatics and sociolinguistics. In this interdisciplinary book, the new theory of context is developed by examining the analysis of the structure of social situations in social psychology and sociology and their cultural variation in anthropology. The theory is applied to the domain of politics, including the debate about the war in Iraq, where political leaders' speeches serve as a case study for detailed contextual analysis."--Jacket.
Subjects
Contexts - Historical, Social, Linguistic
The concept of situation in linguistics
Situated communication
Text and context in functional linguistics
Function and context in linguistic analysis
Context-dependence in the analysis of linguistic meaning
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Who is the author of Society and discourse?
Society and discourse was written by Teun A. van Dijk.
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