Language Comprehension As Structure BuildingThis book presents a new theoretical framework -- what Gernsbacher calls the Structure Building Framework -- for understanding language comprehension in particular, and cognitive processing in general. According to this framework, the goal in comprehending both linguistic and nonlinguistic materials is to build a coherent mental representation or "structure" of the information being comprehended. As such, the underlying processes and mechanisms of structure building are viewed as general, cognitive processes and mechanisms. The strength of the volume lies in its empirical detail: a thorough literature review and solid original data. |
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... Mention 10 Is the Advantage of First Mention due to semantic agency ? Does the Advantage of First Mention derive simply from 12 initial position ? 15 Is the Advantage lost when first- and second - mentioned participants are both ...
... Mention 10 Is the Advantage of First Mention due to semantic agency ? Does the Advantage of First Mention derive simply from 12 initial position ? 15 Is the Advantage lost when first- and second - mentioned participants are both ...
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... Mention and Clause Recency occur simultaneously ? 33 35 Do comprehenders represent clausal dependencies ? Do comprehenders build hierarchical structures ? 39 42 What information changes in accessibility as comprehenders build clausal ...
... Mention and Clause Recency occur simultaneously ? 33 35 Do comprehenders represent clausal dependencies ? Do comprehenders build hierarchical structures ? 39 42 What information changes in accessibility as comprehenders build clausal ...
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... Mention . The Advantage of First Mention has been observed by several re- searchers ( Chang , 1980 ; Corbett & Chang , 1983 ; Gernsbacher , 1989 ; Stevenson , 1986 ; von Eckardt & Potter , 1985 ) . When Corbett and Chang ( 1983 ) ...
... Mention . The Advantage of First Mention has been observed by several re- searchers ( Chang , 1980 ; Corbett & Chang , 1983 ; Gernsbacher , 1989 ; Stevenson , 1986 ; von Eckardt & Potter , 1985 ) . When Corbett and Chang ( 1983 ) ...
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... Mention draws on the Structure Building Framework's proposal that comprehension involves laying a foundation : First - mentioned participants are more accessible both because they form the foundations for their sentence - level struc ...
... Mention draws on the Structure Building Framework's proposal that comprehension involves laying a foundation : First - mentioned participants are more accessible both because they form the foundations for their sentence - level struc ...
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... Mention due to semantic agency ? In previous studies , the first - mentioned participants were always their sentences ' semantic agents ( i.e. , the ones who perform or cause the ac- tion ) . Perhaps the Advantage of First Mention is ...
... Mention due to semantic agency ? In previous studies , the first - mentioned participants were always their sentences ' semantic agents ( i.e. , the ones who perform or cause the ac- tion ) . Perhaps the Advantage of First Mention is ...
Contents
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3 THE PROCESSES OF MAPPING AND SHIFTING | 51 |
4 THE MECHANISMS OF SUPPRESSION AND ENHANCEMENT | 87 |
5 INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN STRUCTURE BUILDING | 167 |
6 CONCLUSIONS | 221 |
REFERENCES | 245 |
INDEX | 277 |
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