Language, text, and knowledge : mental models of expert communication / edited by Lita Lundquist, Robert J. Jarvella.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Lundquist, Lita.

Jarvella, R. J.

Series:

Text, translation, computational processing ; 2.

Text, translation, computational processing ; 2

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Psychological aspects.

Knowledge, Theory of.

Sublanguage.

Semantics.

Physical Description:

viii, 326 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; New York : Mouton de Gruyter, 2000.

Contents:

Lexical and dynamic topoi in semantic description: A theoretical and practical differentiation between words and terms / Pierre-Yves Raccah 11

Does routine formulation change meaning? - The impact of genre on word semantics in the legal domain / Jan Engberg 31

Noun phrases in specialized communication. The cognitive processing of the Danish s-genitive construction / Henrick Hoeg Muller 49

Semantic roles in expert texts - exemplified by the Patient role in judgments / Ase Almlund 83

Knowledge, events, and anaphors in texts for specific purposes / Lita Lundquist 97

On the structure of legal knowledge: The importance of knowing legal rules for understanding legal texts / Anne Lise Kjoer 127

Communicative situations as reflected in text structure. On legal text production and background knowledge / Dorte Madsen 163

Transfer of knowledge in cross-cultural discourse / Annely Rothkegel 189

Argumentation and knowledge - An empirical study on inference-making in expert and novice reasoning / Lene Palsbro 207

Knowledge representation in the domain of economics / Leo G. M. Noordman, Wietske Vonk, Wim H. G. Simons 235

On judging quantities in text without expert knowledge / Robert J. Jarvella, Suzie Mathieu 261

Risk portrayal and risk appreciation as a problem in language use / Anthony J. Sanford, Linda M. Moxey 285

Appendix The TV judgment 307.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

3110167247

OCLC:

43662249