CONTEXTUALINTERPLAYINDISCOURSE

• Main Author: T. S. Galich
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Kemerovo State University 2015-11-01
• Series: Вестник Кемеровского государственного университета
• Subjects: discourse, cognitive-communicative approach, mentality, structural organization, context, knowledge representation
• Online Access: https://vestnik.kemsu.ru/jour/article/view/254

The paper considers the mechanism of contextual interplay in discourse. It describes three types of context (external, internal and common) and the role they play in discourse knowledge representation. The conducted theoretical review analysis reveals that discourse knowledge representation resulted from the interaction of previously mentioned types of context, which in turn entails the term “knowledge activation” as a cognitive basis of knowledge representation in discourse. Conclusions are drawn about the dependency of both external context factors (communicative situation) and internal context factors (communicator’s knowledge and cognitive abilities)