Discourse Studies: v. 1 (Discourse Studies: A Multidisciplinary Introductio) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0803978448 ISBN 13: 9780803978447

Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

What are the structures of discourse and what are the functions of these structures in the communicative context? This volume explains how and why discourse is organized at various levels.

The multidisciplinary contributions illustrate that discourse analysis goes far beyond the linguistic answer of designing grammars and goes hand in hand with the study of their uses and functions in the social context. Comprehensive and accessible, the volume covers a huge variety of discourse genres, including written and spoken, and storytelling and argumentation. The chapters also illustrate the necessity to examine the mental processes of the language users: How do people go about producing, understanding and remembering text or talk? The book stresses that both discourse and its mental processing have a social basis and can only be fully understood in relation to social interaction.

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About the Author

Teun A. van Dijk is a Visiting Professor at Universitat Pompeu Fabra in Barcelona. From 1980 to 2006 he held a personal chair as Professor of Discourse Studies at the University of Amsterdam. A world leading scholar of discourse studies and author of over 250 books and articles, he edits the SAGE journals Disourse & Society, Discourse Studies, and Discourse and Communication.

Edition details

• Publisher: Sage Publications Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0803978448
• ISBN 13: 9780803978447
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 368
• Editor: Van Dijk Teun A.