: Studies in the Pragmatics of Discourse . Teun A. van Dijk.

Hylke van Dijk Democratic processing

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Several concepts are available to indicate the type of society that evolves under the influence of the use of information and communication technology. The most popular concept is the information society. In this book that concept is used in combination with the concept network society to typify contemporary developed and modern societies marked by a high level of information exchange and use o...

heterogeneity within the orientalist discourse: representation of the orient in womens travelogues and mens paintings

from 1950s onward, new theories and critical approaches burgeoned across humanities. these theories were context-oriented; as a result, the analysis of discursive practices gained significance. thus, social, political, historical and cultural discourses that have been hitherto marginalized and considered inferior to literary texts, were introduced as important texts to be analyzed by critics. o...

the effectiveness of strategy-based instruction in teaching english as a second or foreign language: a meta-analysis of experimental studies

a large number of single research studies on the effects of strategy-based instruction (sbi) in teaching english as a foreign or second language has been conducted so far. however, the lack of a comprehensive meta-analysis targeting the effectiveness of english language sbi is observed. moreover, the findings of experimental studies regarding the context of the english language, proficiency lev...

a critical analysis of ideology in discourse: the case of “the chrysanthemums” by john steinbeck تحلیل انتقادی ایدئولوژی در گفتمان: بررسی ’ گلهای داوودی’ اثر جان اشتاینبک

چکیده امروزه‚ اعتقاد بر این مطلب که زبان تنها ابزاری جهت برقراری ارتباط نبوده‚ بلکه وسیله ای در جهت شکل گیری هویت‚ ارزش ها‚ وایدئولوژی های اعضای جامعه می باشد به طور گسترده ای فراگیر شده است. بنابر این‚ گفتمان ها بی تاثیر از ایدئولوژی پدید آورندگان نبوده و متعاقبا بر درک خوانندگان یا شنوندگان از حقیقت تاثیرگذارند. فیرکلاف (2003) بر این باور است که گفتمان ها به واسطه ایدئولوژی غالبی که در خود د...