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The Thread of Discourse
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The article was published on 1984-07-01 and is currently open access. It has received 736 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Discourse analysis.read more
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Attention, intention, and the structure of discourse
TL;DR: A new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing in discourse is explored and various properties of discourse are described, and explanations for the behavior of cue phrases, referring expressions, and interruptions are explored.
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Attention, intentions, and the structure of discourse
TL;DR: In this article, the authors explore a new theory of discourse structure that stresses the role of purpose and processing in discourse, and provide a framework for describing the processing of utterances in a discourse.
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Situation Models in Language Comprehension and Memory
TL;DR: The authors argue that the time has now come for researchers to begin to take the multidimensionality of situation models seriously and offer a theoretical framework and some methodological observations that may help researchers to tackle this issue.
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Constructing inferences during narrative text comprehension.
TL;DR: The authors describe a constructionist theory that accounts for the knowledge-based inferences that are constructed when readers comprehend narrative text, and present empirical evidence that addresses this theory and contrasts it with alternative theoretical frameworks.