How do social situations influence language use and conversation? Teun van Dijk discusses and develops a theory of 'context' and its relationship to communication, and argues that it is not the social situation that influences (or is influenced by) conversation, but the way the participants define such a situation.
Über den Autor Teun A. Van Dijk
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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.
