Coherence in spontaneous text [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Morton Ann Gernsbacher, T. Givón

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins, c1995
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (277 p.)
• Disciplina: 415
• Soggetto topico: Discourse analysis; Cohesion (Linguistics)
• Altri autori: GernsbacherMorton Ann GivónTalmy <1936->
• Note generali: Papers presented at the Symposium held at University of Oregon, 1992.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Nota di contenuto: COHERENCE IN SPONTANEOUS TEXT; Editorial page; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Introduction Coherence as a mental entity; Negotiating coherence in dialogue; The negotiation of coherence in face-to-face interaction: Some examples from the extreme bounds; Coherence in text vs. coherence in mind; The negotiation of coherence within conversation; How readers construct situation models for stories: The role of syntactic cues and causal inferences; Aspectsof coherence in written language: a psychological perspective; Explanatory coherence in understanding and talking about events ; Improving coherence in written communicationCoherence in collaboration: Some examples from conversation
• Sommario/riassunto: The main theme running through this volume is that coherence is a mental phenomenon rather than a property of the spoken or written text, or of the social situation. Coherence emerges during speech production-and-comprehension, allowing the speech receiver to form roughly the same episodic representation as the speech producer had in mind. In producing and comprehending a text, be it spoken or written, the interlocutors collaborate towards coherence. They negotiate for a common ground of shared topicality, reference and thematic structure - thus toward a similar mental rep
• Titolo autorizzato: Coherence in spontaneous text
• ISBN: 1-283-31264-6; 9786613312648; 90-272-7635-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910781729903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Typological studies in language ; ; v. 31.