Coherence in spontaneous text / edited by Morton Ann Gernsbacher, T. Givón.

Format:

Book

Conference/Event

Contributor:

Gernsbacher, Morton Ann.

Givón, Talmy, 1936-

Conference Name:

Symposium on Coherence in Spontaneous Text (1992 : University of Oregon)

Series:

Typological studies in language ; v. 31.

Typological studies in language ; v. 31

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Discourse analysis--Congresses.

Discourse analysis.

Cohesion (Linguistics)--Congresses.

Cohesion (Linguistics).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (277 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : J. Benjamins, c1995.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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

Contents:

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

Notes:

Papers presented at the Symposium held at University of Oregon, 1992.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-283-31264-6

9786613312648

90-272-7635-8

OCLC:

651680741