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Publication details [#25804]

Gernsbacher, Morton Ann. 1990. Language comprehension as structure building. Erlbaum.

Publication type

Book – monograph

Publication language

English

Keywords

language, comprehension of | mental representation | structure building framework

Annotation

Arguing that general cognitive processes and mechanisms underlie both linguistic and nonlinguistic phenomena, G. describes these explanatory processes of her structure-building-hypothesis in different chapters: the process of laying the foundation for mental structures; the process of mapping and shifting; and the mechanisms of suppression and enhancement.

Reviewed by

Giora, Rachel. 1996. Review article. Language comprehension as structure building.