ABSTRACT

Originally published in 1990, this comprehensive volume addresses the central issues of sentence and discourse processes, with particular emphasis placed on reading and listening comprehension. The text material is accessible to both upper-level undergraduate and graduate students and informative for professionals and educators. In this regard, this uncommon volume identifies the logic of both the specific experimental manipulations that are described, and the more general on-line and memory measures frequently invoked. The principles presented in the text are supported by hundreds of numbered and unnumbered examples, and by precise tables and figures.

chapter 1|25 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|29 pages

Language and Meaning

Representing and Remembering Discourse

chapter 3|32 pages

Syntax and Parsing Processes

chapter 5|36 pages

Understanding Coherent Discourse

chapter 6|17 pages

Theme

chapter 7|23 pages

Inference Processes

chapter 8|30 pages

Understanding Stories