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

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dc.contributor.authorAdegbite, Wale
dc.coverage.geographicalNigeriaen_US
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-15T08:40:36Z
dc.date.accessioned2018-10-27T14:59:15Z
dc.date.available2014-08-15T08:40:36Z
dc.date.available2018-10-27T14:59:15Z
dc.date.issued1991
dc.departmentEnglishen_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.en_US
dc.facultiesArtsen_US
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dc.identifier.citationAdegbite, 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.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/2664
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.pages.totalpages12en_US
dc.subjectDiscourseen_US
dc.subjectDiscourse descriptionen_US
dc.subjectSemantics of discourseen_US
dc.subjectPragmatics of discourseen_US
dc.subjectEnglish discourseen_US
dc.subjectTeaching of ESLen_US
dc.subjectDiscourse studiesen_US
dc.titleThe 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 Discourseen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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