Strategies of Discourse Comprehension
Author: Teun A. van Dijk
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 444
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Author: Teun A. van Dijk
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Published: 1983
Total Pages: 444
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles A. Weaver
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 1995
Total Pages: 426
ISBN-13: 0805815341
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFirst Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author: A. Flammer
Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2000-04-01
Total Pages: 625
ISBN-13: 008086662X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKResearch on discourse (or text) processing has only recently come into its own. It builds on the work of text analysis which has a long and distinguished history, but modern developments in psychology (e.g. memory research), artificial intelligence, linguistics and philosophy have contributed to this emergence in the last decade as a lively and promising research area.This book contains 46 selected and edited contributions from the International Symposium held in Fribourg in 1981, and represents a truly international overview of the developments in research on written and oral discourse. The contributions have been grouped according to problem area and not according to methodology, with the intention of focusing on the important issues in the field of discourse processing and of showing how diverse approaches contribute to a better understanding of the problems involved. The main themes are: text structure, coherence, inference, memory processes, attention and control, goal perspectives, and educational implications.
Author: T. Givón
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1983-01-01
Total Pages: 498
ISBN-13: 9027280258
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe functional notion of “topic” or “topicality” has suffered, traditionally, from two distinct drawbacks. First, it has remained largely ill defined or intuitively defined. And second, quite often its definition boiled down to structure-dependent circularity. This volume represents a major departure from past practices, without rejecting both their intuitive appeal and the many good results yielded by them. First, “topic” and “topicality” are re-analyzed as a scalar property, rather than as an either/or discrete prime. Second, the graded property of “topicality” is firmly connected with sensible cognitive notions culled from gestalt psychology, such as “predictability” or “continuity”. Third, we develop and utilize precise measures and quantified methods by which the property of “topicality” of clausal arguments can be studied in connected discourse, and thus be properly hinged in its rightful context, that of topic identification, maintenance and recoverability in discourse. Fourth, we show that many grammatical phenomena which used to be studied by linguists in isolation, all partake in one functional domain of grammar, that of topic identification. Finally, we demonstrate the validity of this new approach to the study of “topic” and “topicality” by applying the same text-based quantifying method to a number of typologically-diverse languages, in studying actual texts. Languages studied here are: Written and spoken English, spoken Spanish, Biblical Hebrew, Amharic, Hausa, Japanese, Chamorro and Ute.
Author: Rolf A. Zwaan
Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
Published: 1993-01-01
Total Pages: 201
ISBN-13: 9027222177
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGiven the fact that there are widely different types of text, it is unlikely that every text is processed in the same way. It is assumed here that for each text type, proficient readers have developed a particular cognitive control system, which regulates the basic operations of text comprehension. The book focuses on the comprehension of literary texts, which involves specific cognitive strategies that enable the reader to respond flexibly to the indeterminacies of the literary reading situation. The study relies heavily on methods and theoretical conceptions from cognitive psychology and presents the results of experiments carried out with real readers. The results are not only relevant to research problems in literary theory, but also to the study of discourse comprehension in general.
Author: Morton Ann Gernsbacher
Publisher: Psychology Press
Published: 1990
Total Pages: 308
ISBN-13: 9780805806762
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Author: Kristin Lems
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2009-11-20
Total Pages: 273
ISBN-13: 1606234706
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten specifically for K–12 educators, this accessible book explains the processes involved in second-language acquisition and provides a wealth of practical strategies for helping English language learners (ELLs) succeed at reading. The authors integrate knowledge from two fields that often remain disconnected—linguistics and literacy—with a focus on what works in the classroom. Teachers learn effective practices for supporting students as they build core competencies not just for reading in English, but also for listening, speaking, and writing. Engaging vignettes and examples illustrate ways to promote ELLs’ communicative skills across the content areas and in formal and informal settings.
Author: Anne P. Sweet
Publisher: Guilford Press
Published: 2003-04-30
Total Pages: 244
ISBN-13: 9781572308923
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis practical book grows out of a recent report written by the RAND Reading Study Group (RRSG), which proposed a national research agenda in the area of reading comprehension. Here, RRSG members have expanded on their findings and translated them into clear recommendations to inform practice. Teachers gain the latest knowledge about how students learn to comprehend texts and what can be done to improve the quality of instruction in this essential domain. From leading literacy scholars, the book explains research-based ways to: *Plan effective instruction for students at all grade levels *Meet the comprehension needs of English-language learners *Promote adolescents' comprehension of subject-area texts *Understand the complexities of comprehension assessment *Get optimal benefits from instructional technologies *And much more!
Author: Rosalind Horowitz
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2023-10-16
Total Pages: 431
ISBN-13: 9004653430
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWritten by respected researchers in their field, this book is about the skills beyond basic word recognition that are necessary for the processing and comprehension of spoken and written language. The major topics presented are as follows: language and text analysis; cognitive processing and comprehension; development of literacy; literacy and schooling; and, factors influencing listening and reading.
Author: Teun A. van Dijk
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2014-07-17
Total Pages: 409
ISBN-13: 1107071240
DOWNLOAD EBOOKBoth 'discourse' and 'knowledge' are fundamental concepts, but they are often treated separately. The first book to adopt a multidisciplinary approach to studying the relationship between these concepts, Discourse and Knowledge introduces the new field of epistemic discourse analysis and uses a wide range of examples to illustrate the theory.