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

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...

Full description

Saved in:

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Adegbite, Wale
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	2014
Subjects:	Discourse Discourse description Semantics of discourse Pragmatics of discourse English discourse Teaching of ESL Discourse studies
Online Access:	http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2664
Tags:	Add Tag No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!

Similar Items

Book Review Guy Cook. Discourse. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1989, vi + 165pp.
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Reporting of Some Niger-Delta Issues in Selected Nigerian Newspapers, 1999 – 2007
by: Ayoola, Kehinde Adewale
Published: (2015)

Discourse implications of the use of punctuation in selected inaugural lectures in two universities in Southwest, Nigeria.
by: Adegbite, Adetayo Felix
Published: (2019)

A semiotic study of the discourse of student soccer fans in selected Southwestern Nigerian Universities
by: Ademilokun, Mohammed Ayodeji
Published: (2019)

Discourse Features of Feminism in Some of Flora Nwapa's Novels
by: Adegbite, Wale, et al.
Published: (2014)

A multimodal discourse analysis of selected churches’ logos and mottos in Southwest Nigeria
by: Yagba, Omoniyi Emmanuel
Published: (2019)

Beyond the Text: Critical Discourse Analysis and the Quest for Meaning in Cyberspace Interaction
by: Taiwo, Olurotimi Olorunfemi
Published: (2018)

Rationality and Knowledge in Religious Discourse: A Critique of Philosophical Relativism
by: Akaruese, Lucky Oritsetojumi
Published: (2014)

A Stylistic Analysis of Conflict Mediation Discourse in a Literary Test
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

Discourse Tact in Doctor-Patient Interactions in English: An Analysis of Diagnosis in Medical Communication in Nigeria
by: Adegbite, Wale, et al.
Published: (2014)

Language, Gender and Politics: a general perspective
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

A Systemic Functional Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Selected Feminist Multimedia Images on Fanpop.Com
by: Eniola, Oluwaseun Mercy
Published: (2019)

Analysing discourse practices and functions in educational and community settings in Nigeria.
by: Olateju, Mojisola Ajlblke
Published: (2019)

The Structure of Texts from Herbalist-Client Encounters in Yoruba Traditional Medicine
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

Drama and the Quest for Democracy in Post-Military Nigeria
by: Adeoti, Gbemisola Remi
Published: (2014)

The Pragmatic Relevance of Ironical Utterances in Yoruba Interactive Discourse
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

The Military in Nigeria's Postcolonial Literature: An Overview
by: Adeoti, Gbemisola
Published: (2014)

Pragmatics: Some Basic Principles and Procedures
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

The case of Semantic Ambiguity: English usage in Nigerian politics
by: Yusuf, Yisa Kehinde
Published: (2023)

Pragmatic tactics in diplomatic communication: a case study of Ola Rotimi's Ovonramwen Nogbaisi
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

Global injury morbidity and mortality from 1990 to 2017: results from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017.
by: James, Spencer L, et al.
Published: (2024)

ENGLISH LANGUAGE USAGE,USES AND MISUSE(S) IN A NON-HOST SECOND LANGUAGE CONTEXT, NIGERIA
by: Adegbite, Adewale Bandele
Published: (2018)

The pseudo-problems of epistemic reliabilism
by: Ogundiwin, Aderonke Adeyinka
Published: (2019)

Mathematical Model for Information Technology Infusion for Healthcare Sector in Nigeria
by: idowu, PETER ADEBAYO, et al.
Published: (2023)

CINEMA and social discourse in Cameroon
Published: (2005)

Arabic translation across discourses
Published: (2019)

Perspectives of interpretation of Meaning in English
by: Adegbite, Wale
Published: (2014)

Determining the Determiners
by: Cook, David
Published: (2014)

Academic discourse and global publishing disciplinary persuasion in changing times
by: HYLAND, Ken Jiang Feng (Kevin)
Published: (2019)

BURDEN, COPING STRATEGIES AND HEALTH RELATE QUALITY OF LIFE OF CAREGIVERS OF THE ELDERLY WITH CHRONIC ILLNESS IN OSUN STATE, NIGERIA
by: FARONBI, JOEL OLAYIWOLA
Published: (2023)

40 years of housing discourse: a compilation of articles on real estate
by: AKOMOLEDE, kola
Published: (2018)

Discourse strategies for science teaching and learning research and practice
by: TANG, Kok-Sing
Published: (2021)

A linguistic stylistic analysis of Gbemisola Adeoti’s Naked Soles
by: Ipigbe, Esther Ochuwa
Published: (2019)

Development of an Improved Quality of Service Model for Electronic Commerce
by: Ajayi, Anuoluwapo Olanrewaju
Published: (2015)

Speakers’ Rights in English-English and Yoruba-English Family Discourse
by: Akindele, Dele Oluwafemi
Published: (2018)

Rationality and Knowledge in religious discourse:A critique of Philosophical Relativism
by: Akaruese, Lucky Oritsetojumi
Published: (2020)

Speakers’ rights in English -English and Yoruba-English family discourse
by: Akindele, Dele Oluwafemi
Published: (2023)

Explorations : an introduction to astronomy
by: ARNY, Thomas T. Schneider, Stephen E.
Published: (2020)

Explorations into the person
by: Olowu, A. A.
Published: (2019)

A FUZZY SEMANTIC INFORMATION RETRIEVAL SYSTEM FOR TRANSACTIONAL APPLICATIONS
by: Ajayi, A.O., et al.
Published: (2020)