Mental Models and the Interpretation of Anaphora

List of contents

Introduction. Mental Models: Their Nature and Construction. Mental Models and Language Processing. Lingusitic Approaches to Anaphora. Psycholinguistic Approaches to Anaphora: Methodological Issues. Psycholinguistic Approaches to Anaphora: Empirical Studies. Deep and Surface Anaphors. Anaphoric Islands. Implicit Causality. Stereotypes. A Mental Models Theory of Understanding Anaphora. References.

About the author

Alan Garnham

Summary

The book presents an overview of the author's research in anaphor interpretation set within the context of the general literature on anaphora from the disciplines of psycholinguistics. philosophy, lingustics, and computational linguistics.

Product details

• Authors: Alan Garnham, Garnham Alan
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2000
• EAN: 9781841691282
• ISBN: 978-1-84169-128-2
• No. of pages: 180
• Weight: 490 g
• Series: Essays in Cognitive Psychology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology; Non-fiction book > Psychology, esoterics, spirituality, anthroposophy > Psychology: general, reference works; Psycholinguistics, Psycholinguistics and cognitive linguistics