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Memory-Based Processing in Understanding Causal Information.
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Noordman, Leo G. M.; Vonk, Wietske – Discourse Processes, 1998
Focuses on the role of cognitive structures in the reader's knowledge. Argues that causality is an important category in structuring human knowledge and that this property has consequences for text processing. Discusses research illustrating that the more the information in the text reflects causal categories, the more easily the information is…
Descriptors: Knowledge Representation, Language Processing, Language Research, Memory
Memory-Based Text Processing: Assumptions and Issues.
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Lorch, Robert F., Jr. – Discourse Processes, 1998
Notes that memory-based text processing (MBP) is a label that has been used to refer to a theoretical perspective shared by contributors to this special issue. Defines the domain addressed by MBP; identifies the major shared assumptions of researchers representing the MBP perspective; and raises some challenges for MBP researchers. (SR)
Descriptors: Knowledge Representation, Language Processing, Language Research, Memory