ABSTRACT
The current state of knowledge in the area of text processing has resulted from simultaneous progress in connected sciences, including linguistics, artificial intelligence, and cognitive psychology.For example:
the work of linguists (Brémond, 1973; Grimes, 1975; Labov & Waletzky, 1967) has inspired psychological hypotheses about the representation of textual structures in human memory (Clements, 1979; Kintsch & van Dijk, 1978; Meyer, 1975);
concepts formulated by computer scientists such as frames, scripts, and augmented transition networks (Woods, 1980) have directly influenced conceptualizations of human processing of semantic information (Black & Bower, 1980; DeBeaugrande, 1980);
psychological considerations have guided the construction of computer programs devoted to the understanding of natural language.For instance, results of psychological experiments (Black, Bower, & Turner, 1979) have prompted Schank (1982) to modify his original definition of “scripts” and to introduce the idea of MOP (Memory Organization Package).
