Inrecentyears,numeroustextualstudieshaveappeared.However,themajorityofthemconcentratedonthestudyofcohesionandcoherenceofsentences.VanDijk(1977,1980),Hollandfamouslinguist,putforward"Macrostructures"whichprovideuswithatheoreticalbasistostudymacrostructureoftexts.ThepaperaimstointroduceitinverydetailandmakeitknowntoalltheEnglishlearners.
