Leo G. M. Noordman (1993) A More Parsimonious Version of Minimalism in Inferences . Psycoloquy: 4(08) Reading Inference (9)
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Psycoloquy 4(08): A More Parsimonious Version of Minimalism in Inferences

A MORE PARSIMONIOUS VERSION OF MINIMALISM IN INFERENCES
Reply to Garnham on Noordam on Reading-Inference

Leo G. M. Noordman
Tilburg University
P.O.Box 90153
NL-5000 LE Tilburg

Wietske Vonk
Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics
University of Nijmegen
P.O.Box 310
NL-6500 AH Nijmegen

Noordman@kub.nl Vonk@mpi.nl

Abstract

We will argue for an even more parsimonious minimalist theory of inferences than the one proposed by McKoon & Ratcliff (1992). At the same time we would like to indicate some points that are unclear with respect to the criteria for minimalism as well as for constructionism.

Keywords

constructionism, inference, mental models, minimalism, reading, text comprehension.

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