Mental Models as Representations of Discourse and Text
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Author | : A. Garnham |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1981 |
Genre | : Psychology |
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Author | : Alan Garnham |
Publisher | : Prentice Hall |
Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1987 |
Genre | : Psychology |
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Total Pages | : 205 |
Release | : 1992 |
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Author | : G. Rickheit |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 1999-10-29 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 0080536220 |
In this interdisciplinary discussion on mental models, researchers from various areas in cognitive science tackle the following questions: What is a mental model? What are the prospects and limitations in applying the mental model notion in cognitive science? How can the ideas on the nature of mental models and their mode of operation be empirically substantiated? The primary goal of the research group was to work out a definition of mental models that embraces the overall use of this construct in cognitive science as well as the more specific conceptions used in particular research domains such as cognitive linguistics. Theoretical claims about the properties of mental models were discussed and their tenability evaluated against the empirical evidence. The volume is divided into three parts. Fundamental aspects of mental models are presented in the first section, the following part contains contributions to the function of mental models in discourse processing, and finally problems of mental models in reasoning and problem solving are outlined.
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Total Pages | : 397 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Comprehension |
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Author | : Lita Lundquist |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 337 |
Release | : 2010-12-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 3110826003 |
The series serves to propagate investigations into language usage, especially with respect to computational support. This includes all forms of text handling activity, not only interlingual translations, but also conversions carried out in response to different communicative tasks. Among the major topics are problems of text transfer and the interplay between human and machine activities.
Author | : Jane Oakhill |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 203 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 9780863779008 |
The interrelated topics of discourse representation and text processing are amongst the most important in psycholinguistic research, and have generated a vast literature. This collection is not intended as an overview of this work, rather it focuses on some of the central issues that arise out of the mental models theory of text comprehension. According to this theory, the content of discourse is represented in mental models of parts of the real or an imaginary world, and these models are constructed incrementally as texts are processed. Mental models theory emphasises the role of anaphoric expressions, such as definite pronouns, in linking the information in different parts of the text and, more generally, the role of inferences in constructing mental models. It also recognises the importance of formal linguistic processes, such as semantic combination, in computing the information in the current clause that is to be added into the model. The papers in this volume reflect these aspects of mental models theory. They cover the understanding of noun-noun combinations, the interpretation of pronouns, and inference making. Throughout, the emphasis is on the flexibility of the language processing system and its extensive, and often extremely rapid, use of knowledge about the world. International interest in mental models theory is reflected in contributions from the United States, the United Kingdom and Continental Europe, where there is a rapidly growing interest in experimental psycholinguistics in general and mental models theory in particular. Language and Cognitive Processes is an international journal which publishes theoretical and experimental research into the mental processes and representations involved in language use. The psychological study of language has attracted increasing interest over the past three decades, and Language and Cognitive Processes provides a common focus for this enterprise. It is a journal which emphasises the importance of an interdisciplinary approach to the study of language. Apart from research in experimental and developmental psychology, Language and Cognitive Processes publishes work derived from linguistics, philosophy, computer science and Artificial Intelligence.
Author | : Herre van Oostendorp |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 368 |
Release | : 1998-11 |
Genre | : Education |
ISBN | : 1135688400 |
This volume presents in-depth investigations of the processes of meaning-making during reading at both local (discourse) and global (general knowledge) levels. It will be of theoretical and practical interest to cognitive scientists & reading researchers
Author | : Bruce K. Britton |
Publisher | : Psychology Press |
Total Pages | : 378 |
Release | : 2014-02-25 |
Genre | : Psychology |
ISBN | : 1317779657 |
What is text understanding? It is the dynamic process of constructing coherent representations and inferences at multiple levels of text and context, within the bottleneck of a limited-capacity working memory. The field of text and discourse has advanced to the point where researchers have developed sophisticated models of comprehension, and identified the particular assumptions that underlie comprehension mechanisms in precise analytical or mathematical detail. The models offer a priori predictions about thought and behavior, not merely ad hoc descriptions of data. Indeed, the field has evolved to a mature science. The contributors to this volume collectively cover the major models of comprehension in the field of text and discourse. Other books are either narrow -- covering only a single theoretical framework -- or do not focus on systematic modeling efforts. In addition, this book focuses on deep levels of understanding rather than language codes, syntax, and other shallower levels of text analysis. As such, it provides readers with up-to-date information on current psychological models specified in quantitative or analytical detail.