Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Chapter 1: Problems of Meaning
  • On the difficulties of using the concept of a dictionary â€? and the impossibility of not using it
  • Inter- and intraindividual differences in meaning
  • On the “naturalâ€? meaning of acoustic signals
  • The latent semantics of verbal association
  • The meaning-confining function of the adjective
  • Some preliminary remarks on net-linguistic semantics
  • Chapter 2: Sentence Processing
  • Elective decay of meaning in working memory and the process of discourse comprehension
  • Foci of attention in comprehension and production of sentencesChapter 3: Text Processing
  • Person description: Some empirical findings concerning the production and reproduction of a specific text type
  • On the influence of text organization on learning outcomes
  • Inference processes in text comprehension
  • Strategies of repeated text processing
  • The influence of pictures on the processing of texts: reading time, intelligibility, recall, aesthetic effect, need for rereading
  • The semantic power of verbal and pictorial parts of situations