Morton Ann Gernsbacher Department of Psychology University of (1992) Language Comprehension as Structure Building [hillsdale Nj:
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Psycoloquy 3(69): Language Comprehension as Structure Building [hillsdale Nj:
LANGUAGE COMPREHENSION AS STRUCTURE BUILDING [Hillsdale NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum 1990] Precis of Gernsbacher on
Language-Comprehension
Morton Ann Gernsbacher Department of Psychology University of
Wisconsin-Madison 1202 W. Johnson Street Madison, WI 53706-1611
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Abstract
Many of the processes and mechanisms involved in language
comprehension are general ones. This book describes a few of those
cognitive processes and mechanisms, using the Structure Building
Framework as a guide.
Keywords
comprehension, cognitive processes, sentence comprehension,
psycholinguistics
References
- Gernsbacher, M.A. (1990) Language Comprehension as Structure Building. Hillsdale NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum
- Lieberman, P. (1984) The biology and evolution of language. Harvard University Press