Macrostructures: An Interdisciplinary Study of Global Structures in Discourse, Interaction, and Cognition

by Teun A. van Dijk

Macrostructures are higher-level semantic or conceptual structures that organize the 'local' microstructures of discourse, interaction, and their cognitive processing. They are distinguished from other global structures of a more schematic nature, which we call superstructures. Originally published in 1980, the theory of macrostructures outlined in this book is the result of research carried out during the previous 10 years in the domains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0367112558
• ISBN13: 9780367112554
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 328 Pages
• Weight: 1.03 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"