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Peer reviewedPerfetti, Charles A. – Discourse Processes, 1998
Comments on several quantitative approaches to semantic knowledge representations (the focus of this special issue). Points out some of the ways in which Latent Semantic Analysis and Hyperspace Analog to Language fall short of being plausible theories about psychological reality. Examines in-principle failures and wrong-kind failures that arise in…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Language Research, Psycholinguistics, Research Methodology
Peer reviewedSidner, Candace L. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Discusses focusing, the manner in which speakers center attention on a particular element of discourse, and describes a process model of focusing that specifies what syntactic, semantic, and world knowledge constraints are needed for a hearer to track a speaker's focus in a discourse. (FL)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Discourse Analysis, Interaction, Interpersonal Relationship
Peer reviewedGamst, Glenn – Discourse Processes, 1982
Examines the extent to which the structure of simple conversations influences the subsequent memorability of dialogues. (FL)
Descriptors: Discourse Analysis, Higher Education, Interpersonal Competence, Language Research
