Models of Understanding Text

Bruce K. Britton

ISBN 10: 0805818480 / ISBN 13: 9780805818482

Published by Taylor & Francis Inc Nov 1995, 1995

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Neuware - This collection covers the major models of comprehension in the field of text and discourse. It also focuses on deep levels of understanding tather than language codes, syntax or other levels of text analysis.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Models of Understanding Text
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Inc Nov 1995
• Publication Date: 1995
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0805818480
• ISBN 13: 9780805818482
• Binding: Buch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 266W x 161H x 27D millimeters 266 millimeters width by 161 millimeters height by 27 millimeters depth
• Weight: 670 grams

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Synopsis

What is text understanding?
It is the dynamic process of constructing coherent representations and inferences at multiple levels of text and context, within the bottleneck of a limited-capacity working memory.

The field of text and discourse has advanced to the point where researchers have developed sophisticated models of comprehension, and identified the particular assumptions that underlie comprehension mechanisms in precise analytical or mathematical detail. The models offer a priori predictions about thought and behavior, not merely ad hoc descriptions of data. Indeed, the field has evolved to a mature science.

The contributors to this volume collectively cover the major models of comprehension in the field of text and discourse. Other books are either narrow -- covering only a single theoretical framework -- or do not focus on systematic modeling efforts. In addition, this book focuses on deep levels of understanding rather than language codes, syntax, and other shallower levels of text analysis. As such, it provides readers with up-to-date information on current psychological models specified in quantitative or analytical detail.

About the Author

Bruce K. Britton, Arthur C. Graesser