Text Connexity, Text Coherence
Author | : Emel Sözer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Discourse analysis |
ISBN | : |
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Author | : Emel Sözer |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 620 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : Discourse analysis |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Wolfgang Heydrich |
Publisher | : Walter de Gruyter |
Total Pages | : 425 |
Release | : 2012-02-13 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 311085483X |
Author | : Michel Charolles |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : |
Release | : 1986 |
Genre | : Discourse analysis |
ISBN | : |
Author | : Maria-Elisabeth Conte |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 613 |
Release | : 1989-01-01 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 902723017X |
The 35 papers in this volume provide a comprehensive picture of crucial aspects of connectedness. The papers are divided into three main groups: the papers in the first group deal with particular questions of the text-constituting role of anaphora, deixis, coreference, modality, conjunctions and particles, theme, topic, ellipsis, etc., the second group of papers discusses the connectedness in texts/discourses of different types (narrative texts, stories, horoscopes, anecdotes, poems, comics, etc.), and, finally, the papers in the third group discuss general theoretical/methodological questions concerning connectedness.
Author | : Maria-Elisabeth Conte |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 584 |
Release | : 1989 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9789027230171 |
Author | : Kim Sydow Campbell |
Publisher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 125 |
Release | : 2013-10-18 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 1136689168 |
There is a need for general theoretical principles describing/explaining effective design -- those which demonstrate "unity" and enhance comprehension and usability. Theories of cohesion from linguistics and of comprehension in psychology are likely sources of such general principles. Unfortunately, linguistic approaches to discourse unity have focused exclusively on semantic elements such as synonymy or anaphora, and have ignored other linguistic elements such as syntactic parallelism and phonological alliteration. They have also overlooked the non-linguistic elements -- visual factors such as typography or color, and auditory components such as pitch or duration. In addition, linguistic approaches have met with criticism because they have failed to explain the relationship between semantic cohesive elements and coherence. On the other hand, psychological approaches to discourse comprehension have considered the impact of a wider range of discourse elements -- typographical cuing of key terms to enhance comprehension -- but have failed to provide general theoretical explanations for such observations. This volume uses Gestalt theory to provide general principles for predicting one aspect of coherence -- that of continuity -- across the entire range of discourse elements, and also to outline the relationship between cohesion and coherence. The theoretical core of this book argues that the cognitive principles that explain why humans "sense" unity in a succession of sounds (a whole musical piece) or in a configuration of visual shapes (a complete object) are the basis of principles which explain why we "sense" unity in oral, written, and electronically produced documents.
Author | : Andreas Fischer |
Publisher | : Gunter Narr Verlag |
Total Pages | : 252 |
Release | : 2002 |
Genre | : Computational linguistics |
ISBN | : 9783823358800 |
Author | : G. Denhiere |
Publisher | : Elsevier |
Total Pages | : 427 |
Release | : 1991-06-17 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 0080867332 |
The book presents the state-of-the-art in major aspects of text analysis and cognitive text processing by some of the most well-known European and American researchers in the field of text-linguistics and cognitive psychology. Comprehensive views and new perspectives are proposed in the following topics: cognitive and metacognitive aspects of text processing, structures and processes involved in the construction of multi-level semantic representations in relation with text and reader characteristics, achievement of local and global coherence of meaning during reading and comprehension, assessment of knowledge, knowledge acquisition of concepts and complex systems by text, and cognitive and metacognitive aspects of text production.
Author | : Wolfram Bublitz |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 316 |
Release | : 1999-06-15 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 902728380X |
Until very recently, coherence (unlike cohesion) was widely held to be a ‘rather mystical notion’. However, taking account of new trends representing a considerable shift in orientation, this volume aims at helping relieve coherence of its mystifying aura. The general bibliography which concludes the book bears witness to this intriguing development and the rapidly changing scene in coherence research. Preceding this comprehensive up-to-date Bibliography on Coherence are 13 selected papers from the 1997 International Workshop on Coherence at the University of Augsburg, Germany. They share a number of theoretical and methodoligical assumptions and reflect a trend in text and discourse analysis to move away from reducing coherence to a product of (formally represented) cohesion and/or (semantically established) connectivity. Instead, they start from a user- and context-oriented interpretive understanding and rely on authentic data throughout in relating micro-linguistic to macro-linguistic issues. The first group of papers looks at the (re-)creation of coherence in, inter alia, reported speech, casual conversation, argumentative writing, news reports and conference contributions. The second group describes the negotation of coherence in oral examinations, text summaries and other situations that require special efforts on the part of the recipient to overcome misunderstandings and other disturbances. The third group discusses theoretical approaches to the description of coherence.
Author | : Sanna-Kaisa Tanskanen |
Publisher | : John Benjamins Publishing |
Total Pages | : 209 |
Release | : 2006-06-14 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9027293643 |
This book approaches cohesion and coherence from a perspective of interaction and collaboration. After a detailed account of various models of cohesion and coherence, the book suggests that it is fruitful to regard cohesion as contributing to coherence, as a strategy used by communicators to help their fellow communicators create coherence from a text. Throughout the book, the context-sensitive and discourse-specific nature of cohesion is stressed: cohesive relations are created and interpreted in particular texts in particular contexts. By investigating the use of cohesion in four different types of discourse, the study shows that cohesion is not uniform across discourse types. The analysis reveals that written dialogue (computer-mediated discussions) and spoken monologue (prepared speech) make use of similar cohesive strategies as spoken dialogue (conversations): in these contexts the communicators’ interaction with their fellow communicators leads to a similar outcome. The book suggests that this is an indication of the communicators’ attempt to collaborate towards successful communication.