Neuroimaging studies of coherence processes
Text comprehension involves linking the current sentence or utterance to the previous discourse context. This process of coherence building might be aided by linguistic markers, such as cohesive ties and direct anaphora. However, when the explicitly mentioned information does not provide unambiguous and consistent cues to coherence, as for example in the case of indirect anaphora, the comprehender draws on general background knowledge for inferring plausible links. In this chapter, we summarize neuroimaging studies that shed light on the interplay between cognitive and linguistic components of text comprehension. The results indicate that the anterior temporal lobes and the left fronto-medial cortex are particularly important for coherence building.
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Ferstl, Evelyn C., Laura Israel & Lisa Putzar
2017.
Humor Facilitates Text Comprehension: Evidence from Eye Movements.
Discourse Processes 54:4
► pp. 259 ff.
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Nieuwland, Mante S. & Jos J. A. Van Berkum
2008.
The Neurocognition of Referential Ambiguity in Language Comprehension.
Language and Linguistics Compass 2:4
► pp. 603 ff.
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