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Handbook of discourse processes / edited by Arthur C. Graesser, Morton Ann Gernsbacher, Susan R. Goldman. - Mahwah, N.J. : Lawrence Erlbaum, 2003. - 1 online resource (viii, 550 pages) : illustrations

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Genres, registers, and contexts of discourse / Text comprehension / Processes of interactive spoken discourse : the role of the partner / Classroom discourse / Learning from traditional and alternative texts : new conceptualizations for the information age / Theories and methods in mediated communication / Narrative discourse / Literary discourse / Nonliteral speech acts in text and discourse / Discourse development / Discourse in computational linguistics and artificial intelligence / Quantitative cognitive models of text and discourse processing / Allen D. Grimshaw -- Rolf A. Zwaan and Murray Singer -- Michael F. Schober and Susan E. Brennan -- Courtney B. Cazden and Sarah W. Beck -- Patricia A. Alexander and Tamara L. Jetton -- Steve Whittaker -- David Bloome -- David S. Miall -- Raymond W. Gibbs, Jr. -- Michael Bamberg and Luke Moissinac -- Johanna D. Moore and Peter Wiemer-Hastings -- Peter W. Foltz.

This handbook is intended as a cognitively oriented yet comprehensive overview of the multidisciplinary area known as discourse studies.

ISBN: 1410607348 (electronic bk.) 9781410607348 (electronic bk.) 9780805835557 0805835555

LCCN: 2002070266

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Discourse analysis--History.
REFERENCE.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES--Vocabulary.
Discourse analysis--History.
Discourse analysis.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
History.

LC Class. No.: P302 / .H345 2003eb

Dewey Class. No.: 401/.41/09