Description |
viii, 366 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm |
Contents |
1. New Models of Deep Comprehension / Arthur C. Graesser, Shane S. Swamer, William B. Baggett and Marie A. Sell -- 2. A Predication Semantics Model of Text Comprehension and Recall / Althea Turner, Bruce K. Britton, Paul Andraessen and Deborah McCutchen -- 3. Extending Capacity-Constrained Construction Integration: Toward "Smarter" and Flexible Models of Text Comprehension / Susan R. Goldman, Sashank Varma and Nathalie Cote -- 4. Effects of Prior Knowledge on Text Comprehension: A Simple Modeling Approach / Suzanne Mannes and Marie St. George -- 5. A Model of Narrative Comprehension and Recall / Charles R. Fletcher, Paul van den Broek and Erik J. Arthur -- 6. A "Landscape" View of Reading: Fluctuating Patterns of Activation and the Construction of a Stable Memory Representation / Paul van der Broek, Kirsten Risden, Charles R. Fletcher and Richard Thurlow |
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7. The Role of Inferential Processing in Reading Ability / Debra L. Long, Mark R. Seely, Brian J. Oppy and Jonathan M. Golding -- 8. Metaphor as a Constraint on Text Understanding / Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. -- 9. Toward a Model of Literary Comprehension / Rolf A. Zwaan -- 10. Understanding and Resolving Arguments: The Dynamics of Negotiation / Nancy L. Stein, Ronan S. Bernas, David J. Calicchia and Anne Wright -- 11. The Structure-Building Framework: What It Is, What It Might Also Be, and Why / Morton Ann Gernsbacher -- 12. The Mental Models Theory of Language Comprehension / Alan Garnham and Jane Oakhill -- 13. Five Metaphors for Text Understanding / Arthur C. Graesser and Bruce K. Britton |
Notes |
"Product of a conference on Models of Understanding Text ... convened in March 1991 under the auspices of the Cognitive Studies Group of the Institute for Behavioral Research at the University of Georgia"--Pref |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
Subject |
Comprehension.
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Psycholinguistics.
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Reading comprehension.
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Author |
Britton, Bruce K.
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Graesser, Arthur C.
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LC no. |
95005085 |
ISBN |
0805818480 (alk. paper) |
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0805818499 (paperback: alk. paper) |
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