Teun A. van Dijk

Teun A. van Dijk
van Dijk in 2013
Born (1943-05-07) 7 May 1943 (age 81)
Naaldwijk, Reichskommissariat Niederlande
OccupationCritical Discourse Analysis
Employer(s)Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona
Websitehttp://www.discourses.org

Teun Adrianus van Dijk (born 7 May 1943 in Naaldwijk, German-occupied Netherlands) is a scholar in the fields of text linguistics, discourse analysis and Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA).[1][2]

With Walter Kintsch he contributed to the development of the psychology of text processing. Since the 1980s his work in CDA focused especially on the study of the discursive reproduction of racism by what he calls the 'symbolic elites' (politicians, journalists, scholars, writers), the study of news in the press, and on the theories of ideology, context and knowledge.[3]

He founded five international journals: Poetics, Text (now called Text & Talk), Discourse & Society, Discourse Studies, Discourse & Communication, of which he still edits the last three.

Teun A. van Dijk was a professor of discourse studies at the University of Amsterdam from 1968 until 2004, and since 1999 he has taught at the Pompeu Fabra University, Barcelona. In 2017 he founded the Centre of Discourse Studies in Barcelona.

He has widely lectured internationally, especially in Latin America.[4]

  1. ^ Johnston, Alexandra (2012). "Van Dijk, Teun A". The Encyclopedia of Applied Linguistics. John Wiley and Sons. doi:10.1002/9781405198431.wbeal1247. ISBN 9781405198431.
  2. ^ Baker, Paul; Ellece, Sibonile (2011). Key terms in discourse analysis. New York, N.Y.: Continuum International Pub. Group. ISBN 9781441173133. OCLC 703257723.
  3. ^ Dijk, Teun A. van (2008). Discourse and power. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137072993. OCLC 681507014.
  4. ^ "Biographical note - Teun A. van Dijk" (PDF). Discourses.