Algunos princípios de una teoria del contexto

Authors

  • Teun A. van Dijk Universidad de Amsterdam

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.35956/v.1.n1.2001.p.69-81

Keywords:

Principles. Theory of context. Mental models. Contextual knowledge.

Abstract

This paper formulares some general principles of a theory of context. Despite some attempts, especially in functional linguistics, linguistic anthropology and social psychology, such a theory of context is still on the agenda. The central claim of my theory of context is that it is not a social situation that determines language use, and not even only the relevant properties of such a social situation, but rather the mental model of these relevant properties, that is, a context model, stored in episodic memory. Such context models are special cases of more general experience models that define our consciousness and control all actions and discourses of our everyday lives. Since context models constantly adapt themselves to a changing social situation as well as the ongoing discourse, they are dynamic and not static. They combine social knowledge about social events and situations with personal experiences, memories and opinions, and hence are subjective and individual. They explain how each participant has her or his own interpretation of the situation. Such context models feature global categories such as global domain and action, as well as local categories such as setting, local actions, as well as cognitive properties of participants, such as their aims and especially their knowledge. The contextual knowledge device Controls many of the aspects of discourse pròcessing, especially what Information may or must be left implicit.

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Author Biography

Teun A. van Dijk, Universidad de Amsterdam

Profesor de estúdios del discurso en la Universidad de Amsterdam, y profesor visitante en la Universitat Pompeu Fabra de Barcelona. Después de sus trabajos sobre poética generativa, gramática textual, y la psicologia de la comprensión textual, desde los años 1980 trabaja sobre todo dentro de un marco social, político y crítico, con estúdios sobre el racismo en el discurso, sobre las noticias, y sobre ideologia. Actualmente trabaja sobre cognición social y discurso, con atención especial en el papel del conocimiento y sus relaciones con la ideologia. En cada una de esas áreas publicó varios libros o artículos (para una bibliografia completa, visita su página en internet: www.hum.uva.nl/teun). Teun A. van Dijk también fue fundador de las revistas internacionales Poetics, Text, Discourse & Society, y Discourse Studies, de las cuales todavia es editor de las últimas dos. Coopera frecuentemente con investigadores de América Latina, y es socio honorário de ALED.

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Published

2021-05-03

How to Cite

van Dijk, T. A. . (2021). Algunos princípios de una teoria del contexto. Revista Latinoamericana De Estudios Del Discurso, 1(1), 69–81. https://doi.org/10.35956/v.1.n1.2001.p.69-81

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Research articles