ABSTRACT

The comprehension of language is a process in which the message is used to construct a representation of the information referred to in the message. Communication depends as much on information that is implied as it does on the words that are explicitly stated. The thought is private and known only to the sender. The difficulty of a text does not reside in the text itself, but in the reader-text interaction. Mark Twain said this best when he said, "Eschew surplusage". Information is transmitted best when simple and precise language is used. The language used to frame the problem was a major factor in the action taken by the police. Similarly, people decide what is natural or right based on their categorical systems. Language and thought are inextricably related concepts that exert mutual influences on each other. Thus, by "running comprehension strategies backward", It can be used to produce language instead of their more usual role in comprehending language.