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Publication details [#2642]

Dijk, Teun A. Van. 1977. Context and cognition: Knowledge frames and speech act comprehension. Journal of Pragmatics 1 (3) : 211–231.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

context | frame | mental representation | social context | speech act, comprehension of

Journal WWW

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Annotation

This paper deals with the cognitive foundations of pragmatic theories. Speech act comprehension is based on rules and strategies for so-called 'context-analysis', in which (epistemic) frames play an important role for the analysis of social context, social frames, and interaction type.

Reprints

Dijk, Teun A. Van. 1981. In Dijk, Teun A. Van, ed. Studies in the pragmatics of discourse. Mouton. pp. 215–241.