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Peer reviewedVoss, James F.; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1996
Discusses research on how race of actors in a text, race of participant, and race of experimenter relate to discourse processing. Uses the O. J. Simpson murder case to demonstrate the fruitful use of extended discourse and how belief-based disposition contributes to a rich mental representation of and inferential use of discourse. (PA)
Descriptors: College Students, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Racial Attitudes
Peer reviewedManelis, Leon – Discourse Processes, 1983
Suggests that a factor underlying the complex analysis of prose is amount of elaboration. Reports findings of two experiments supporting this idea. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Discourse Analysis, Language Research
Peer reviewedHaenggi, Dieter; Perfetti, Charles A. – Discourse Processes, 1994
Investigates the reading comprehension skills of 34 college students, particularly the roles of basic reading processes and prior knowledge in understanding expository texts. Indicates that word identification and propositional encoding measures were related to individual differences in reading comprehension ability. (HB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, College Students, Discourse Analysis, Higher Education
