SYNTACTIC PROMINENCE EFFECTS ON DISCOURSE PROCESSES

被引:27
作者
MCKOON, G [1 ]
RATCLIFF, R [1 ]
WARD, G [1 ]
SPROAT, R [1 ]
机构
[1] AT&T BELL LABS,MURRAY HILL,NJ 07974
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10.1006/jmla.1993.1030
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H0 [语言学];
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030303 ; 0501 ; 050102 ;
摘要
We propose that the meaning of a text is determined in part by syntactic structures that affect the relative prominence given to the concepts in the text. This proposal was tested in four experiments; the data showed that concepts placed in syntactically prominent positions have increased accessibility in short-term memory during reading and also increased accessibility later in long-term memory. We speculate on how such effects might be understood in terms of current theories of text processing and memory retrieval. © 1993 Academic Press, Inc.
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页码:593 / 607
页数:15
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