Comprehension and Language

Comprehension

and

Language

Alen

Language

Production

Process

Conceptualization

Formulation

Execution

spoken

written

sentence

inference

Comprehension

and

Language

…of spoken

Motor Theory

sounds

gestures

Motor Theory

sounds

gestures

coarticulation

Cohort Theory

j o i n

lexical similarity

Trace Model

t e x t

Hint: ‘What word is activated than usual

due to the context?’

“The woman got a leash and

went for a walk with the

___________”

…of written

Autonomous Serial

Search Model

lexicon

Access File

Master File

Logogen Model

The cumulative information

we store about a word we

comprehend.

appearance

sound

meaning

Interactive Activation Model

story

What’s in detectors?

stimulus

features

letters

word

story

…of sentences

Deep

and

Surface

Structures

phonological

info

semantic

component vs.

Structural

Ambiguity

phrases

sentences

Lexical Ambiguity

lexicon

Garden-Path Sentences

Structural Ambiguity

Lexical Ambiguity

…of inferencing

Constructivist

inferences that are

constructed

when readers comprehend

narrative text

Minimalist

based on easily

available

information

fin