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Publication details [#2220]

Clements, P. 1979. The effects of staging on recall from prose. In Freedle, Roy O., ed. New directions in discourse processing. Ablex Publishing Company. pp. 287–330.

Publication type

Article in book

Publication language

English

Keywords

language processing | memory for text | prose, processing of | text organization

Annotation

Evidence is adduced to show that staging (a dimension of prose structure which identifies the relative prominence given to various segments of prose discourse) significantly affects recall. It is shown that staging is an important factor in language production and perception. Applications to educational practice are sketched.