The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse

This paper reviews T. A. Van Dijk's Text and Context: Explorations in the semantics and pragmatics of discourse by summarising the main issues discussed in the work and observing the relevance of the discussion to studies on English as a Second Language (ESL). The review observes that although...

Description complète

Enregistré dans:
Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal: Adegbite, Wale
Format: Article
Langue:anglais
Publié: 2014
Sujets:
Accès en ligne:http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2664
Tags: Ajouter un tag
Pas de tags, Soyez le premier à ajouter un tag!
_version_ 1810764576209240064
author Adegbite, Wale
author_facet Adegbite, Wale
author_sort Adegbite, Wale
collection DSpace
description This paper reviews T. A. Van Dijk's Text and Context: Explorations in the semantics and pragmatics of discourse by summarising the main issues discussed in the work and observing the relevance of the discussion to studies on English as a Second Language (ESL). The review observes that although Van Dijk's work does not provide an adequate theory of English discourse since it only describes the underlying structures of the discourse, and also because it deliberately neglects certain features that are regular to discourse production and interpretation and which are especially of particular interest to discourse studies in an ESL situation, it no doubt provides a good starting point for an adequate theory of English discourse. It also provides a base for more comprehensive studies on the discourse which will have relevance to the pedagogy of English and communication in the language in a natural ESL environment.
format Article
id oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-2664
institution My University
language English
publishDate 2014
record_format dspace
spelling oai:ir.oauife.edu.ng:123456789-26642023-05-13T11:06:02Z The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse Adegbite, Wale Discourse Discourse description Semantics of discourse Pragmatics of discourse English discourse Teaching of ESL Discourse studies This paper reviews T. A. Van Dijk's Text and Context: Explorations in the semantics and pragmatics of discourse by summarising the main issues discussed in the work and observing the relevance of the discussion to studies on English as a Second Language (ESL). The review observes that although Van Dijk's work does not provide an adequate theory of English discourse since it only describes the underlying structures of the discourse, and also because it deliberately neglects certain features that are regular to discourse production and interpretation and which are especially of particular interest to discourse studies in an ESL situation, it no doubt provides a good starting point for an adequate theory of English discourse. It also provides a base for more comprehensive studies on the discourse which will have relevance to the pedagogy of English and communication in the language in a natural ESL environment. 2014-08-15T08:40:36Z 2018-10-27T14:59:15Z 2014-08-15T08:40:36Z 2018-10-27T14:59:15Z 1991 Article Adegbite, Wale (1991). The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse. Journal of English as a Second Language, 3. http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2664 en PDF application/pdf Nigeria
spellingShingle Discourse
Discourse description
Semantics of discourse
Pragmatics of discourse
English discourse
Teaching of ESL
Discourse studies
Adegbite, Wale
The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse
title The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse
title_full The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse
title_fullStr The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse
title_full_unstemmed The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse
title_short The Relevance of the Discourse to ESL Studies: a Review of T. A. Van DIJK's Text and Context: Explorations in the Semantics and Pragmatics of Discourse
title_sort relevance of the discourse to esl studies a review of t a van dijk s text and context explorations in the semantics and pragmatics of discourse
topic Discourse
Discourse description
Semantics of discourse
Pragmatics of discourse
English discourse
Teaching of ESL
Discourse studies
url http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2664
work_keys_str_mv AT adegbitewale therelevanceofthediscoursetoeslstudiesareviewoftavandijkstextandcontextexplorationsinthesemanticsandpragmaticsofdiscourse
AT adegbitewale relevanceofthediscoursetoeslstudiesareviewoftavandijkstextandcontextexplorationsinthesemanticsandpragmaticsofdiscourse