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| Inferences | 1 |
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| Discourse Processes: A… | 1 |
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| Wiley, Jennifer | 1 |
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Direct linkTrabasso, Tom; Wiley, Jennifer – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
A theory of how readers monitor concerns of characters and make causal inferences during reading is presented. The focus is on the reader's understanding of what characters do when goals either succeed or fail. Knowledge of goal processes enable coherent understanding to be achieved when characters change goal plans and pursue new courses of…
Descriptors: Inferences, Discourse Analysis, Sentences, Long Term Memory
