TY - JOUR
T1 - A cognitive account of discourse understanding and discourse interpretation
T2 - The landscape model of reading
AU - Yeari, Menahem
AU - van den Broek, Paul
PY - 2011/10
Y1 - 2011/10
N2 - Text interpretation - the main interest of discourse analysts - is a central component of the text understanding process. In this article we introduce the Landscape Model, which describes the cognitive processes underlying reading comprehension in a detailed and precise manner. Moreover, this model captures the interpretative processes in which the human mind engages during reading. Within the context of the Landscape Model, we describe the relation between discourse understanding and discourse interpretation, and explain some of the phenomena that are central to the field of discourse analysis as seen from a cognitive perspective. In the first section we describe the basic cognitive processes that underlie discourse understanding, as captured by the Landscape Model. In the following section we illustrate the way that the Landscape Model can be applied to the work of discourse analysts. We conclude by discussing the usefulness of the cognitive Landscape Model for the field of discourse analysis.
AB - Text interpretation - the main interest of discourse analysts - is a central component of the text understanding process. In this article we introduce the Landscape Model, which describes the cognitive processes underlying reading comprehension in a detailed and precise manner. Moreover, this model captures the interpretative processes in which the human mind engages during reading. Within the context of the Landscape Model, we describe the relation between discourse understanding and discourse interpretation, and explain some of the phenomena that are central to the field of discourse analysis as seen from a cognitive perspective. In the first section we describe the basic cognitive processes that underlie discourse understanding, as captured by the Landscape Model. In the following section we illustrate the way that the Landscape Model can be applied to the work of discourse analysts. We conclude by discussing the usefulness of the cognitive Landscape Model for the field of discourse analysis.
KW - constructionist processes
KW - discourse analysis
KW - landscape model
KW - memory-based processes
KW - reading comprehension
KW - standards of coherence
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80355129245&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/1461445611412748
DO - 10.1177/1461445611412748
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AN - SCOPUS:80355129245
SN - 1461-4456
VL - 13
SP - 635
EP - 643
JO - Discourse Studies
JF - Discourse Studies
IS - 5
ER -