Rolf A. Zwaan
List of John Benjamins publications for which Rolf A. Zwaan plays a role.
Journal
ISSN 2210-4372 | E-ISSN 2210-4380
Title
Aspects of Literary Comprehension: A cognitive approach
Rolf A. Zwaan
[Utrecht Publications in General and Comparative Literature, 29] 1993. ix, 190 pp.
Subjects Theoretical literature & literary studies
Articles
2014 Words in action: Using gestures to improve verb learning in primary school children Gesture 14:1, pp. 46–69
Research on embodied cognition has shown that action and language are closely intertwined. The present study seeks to exploit this relationship, by systematically investigating whether motor activation would improve eight-to-nine year old children’s learning of vocabulary in their first language.… read more | Article
2002 An experimental view of language comprehension: Some implications for document design Document Design 3:1, pp. 54–64
The consensus view in cognitive psychology is that the construction of situation models is an integral part of language comprehension. A great deal of empirical evidence supports this view. Moreover, recent theorizing and empirical evidence suggest that situation models are best viewed as… read more | Article
2002 2. Situation models and themes Thematics: Interdisciplinary Studies, Louwerse, Max M. and Willie van Peer (eds.), pp. 35–53
Chapter
2001 Time in narrative comprehension: A cognitive perspective The Psychology and Sociology of Literature: In honor of Elrud Ibsch, Schram, Dick and Gerard J. Steen (eds.), pp. 71–86
Article
1996 How Empirical is the Empirical Study of Literature? The Search for a New Alphabet: Literary studies in a changing world, Hendrix, Harald, Joost J. Kloek, Sophie Levie and Willie van Peer (eds.), pp. 321 ff.
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