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Long, Debra L.; Lea, R. Brooke – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
The last decade of research in text processing has been marked by a debate between opposing views of comprehension: One side emphasizes discourse processing from the bottom-up, the other from the top-down. A central focus of the debate has been the principle of "search after meaning," posited by the top-down, constructionist approach (Graesser,…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Constructivism (Learning)
Sanders, Ted J.M.; Gernsbacher, Morton Ann – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Accessibility is one of the most important challenges at the intersection of linguistic and psycholinguistic studies of text and discourse processing. Linguists have shown how linguistic indicators of referential coherence show a systematic pattern: Longer linguistic forms (like full lexical NPs) tend to be used when referents are relatively low…
Descriptors: Psycholinguistics, Linguistic Theory, Language Processing, Reading Comprehension
van den Broek, Paul; Rapp, David N.; Kendeou, Panayiota – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
Memory-based and constructionist processes have both been proposed as essential components of the activation of concepts (e.g., propositions) and the establishment of meaningful connections between concepts during reading. In this article, we argue that a comprehensive theory of reading comprehension should include both sets of processes. In…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Concept Formation, Memory, Constructivism (Learning)
Sanford, Anthony J.; Garrod, Simon C. – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In this article, we discuss 2 issues that we believe any theory of discourse comprehension has to take account of-accessing irrelevant information and granularity. Along the lines that have been suggested as demonstrating the memory-based account, we describe some work in favor of the recruitment of apparently irrelevant information from memory…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Reading Comprehension, Memory, Learning Processes
Allbritton, David – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
Although some types of inferences are mandatory for readers, predictive inferences (inferences for what will happen next) are generally considered elaborative or optional. Three experiments measuring probe word lexical decision latencies produced evidence for the online generation of predictive inferences during narrative text comprehension.…
Descriptors: Reading Strategies, Inferences, Reading Comprehension, Measures (Individuals)
Trabasso, 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
Cook, Anne E.; Gueraud, Sabine – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2005
In recent years, memory-based and explanation-based theories have dominated the discourse processing literature. Numerous studies have been conducted to show support for each of the two views. Most of these studies have manipulated factors in the episodic memory trace of texts, without a great deal of focus on how general world knowledge impacts…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Memory, Language Processing, Reading Processes
Maes, Alfons; Arts, Anja; Noordman, Leo – Discourse Processes: A Multidisciplinary Journal, 2004
This article investigates the effect of 2 language-in-use factors on the introduction and maintenance of referents in instructive discourse. These factors, implemented as conditions in an instructive production task, were the assumed visual identity for the reader of the objects or referents to be referred to in the instructions (visually same vs.…
Descriptors: Identification, Speech Acts, Reading Comprehension, Discourse Modes