ISBN:
0511508174
,
9780511508172
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (x, 287 pages)
Parallel Title:
Erscheint auch als Dijk, Teun Adrianus van, 1943- Society and discourse
DDC:
306.44
Keywords:
Großbritannien
;
Iraq War, 2003-2011 Language
;
Discourse analysis Social aspects
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Context (Linguistics)
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Context (Linguistics)
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Discourse analysis ; Social aspects
;
Language and languages
;
Sprachgebrauch
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Situativer Kontext
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Diskursanalyse
;
Parlamentsdebatte
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Irakkrieg
;
Tekstwetenschap
;
Sociale aspecten
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES ; Linguistics ; Sociolinguistics
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Iraq
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Electronic books
Abstract:
"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
Abstract:
Preface vii -- 1. Introduction 1 -- 2. Context and social cognition 29 -- 3. Context, situation and society 86 -- 4. Context and culture 154 -- 5. Context and politics: the Iraq debate in the British parliament 213 -- 6. Conclusions 248 -- References 256 -- Subject index 278 -- Author index 283.
Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 256-277) and indexes
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511575273
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