ARE TEXT AND DISCOURSE STUDIES REALLY TURNING COGNITIVE?

Abstract

The cognitivization of text and discourse studies is generally admitted to be a fast and all-pervasive process. It seems safe to argue that nowadays almost every piece of research on text and discourse tags itself ‘cognitive’. However, the fact also makes one justified in asking which cognitive studies are really cognitive and which are just ‘dressed up’ to look the part? The present paper presents a personal viewpoint on whether text and discourse studies are really being ‘cognitivized’ or not.