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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... words and sentences are added . Indeed , initial information plays such a ... exam- ple , after reading the sentence , ( 7 ) Tina beat Lisa in the state ... words in the sentences that were not participants ' names ; so the advantage does ...
... words and sentences are added . Indeed , initial information plays such a ... exam- ple , after reading the sentence , ( 7 ) Tina beat Lisa in the state ... words in the sentences that were not participants ' names ; so the advantage does ...
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... test name appeared . The subjects ' task was to verify as rapidly and accurately as possible whether that test name ... words , we manipulated whether the test names. Copyrighted Material 12 / Language Comprehension as Structure Building ...
... test name appeared . The subjects ' task was to verify as rapidly and accurately as possible whether that test name ... words , we manipulated whether the test names. Copyrighted Material 12 / Language Comprehension as Structure Building ...
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Morton Ann Gernsbacher. In other words , we manipulated whether the test names were the first- versus second - mentioned participants , and whether the test names were the semantic agents versus semantic patients . We also constructed 32 ...
Morton Ann Gernsbacher. In other words , we manipulated whether the test names were the first- versus second - mentioned participants , and whether the test names were the semantic agents versus semantic patients . We also constructed 32 ...
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... words of their respective sentences . Perhaps that is the basis of their advan- tage . If so , our laboratory ... test names were either the first- or second- mentioned participants . In two other versions , the adverbials were postposed at ...
... words of their respective sentences . Perhaps that is the basis of their advan- tage . If so , our laboratory ... test names were either the first- or second- mentioned participants . In two other versions , the adverbials were postposed at ...
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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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