Written Communication Jul 1984

Cognitive Questions from Discourse Analysis: A Review and a Study

ANN MATSUHASHI ; KAREN QUINN

Abstract

This article demonstrates the potential of discourse analysis for exploring cognitive processes that occur during writing. Discourse analytic studies and text comprehension studies are reviewed for their contribution to a cognitive process view of writing. Research is reported which combines discourse analysis with on-line pause data to determine how semantic propositions reflect sentence-level planning patterns. Results indicate that decisions regarding predicate relationships are central to sentence production. Some implications for a process model of writing are suggested.

Journal
Written Communication
Published
1984-07-01
DOI
10.1177/0741088384001003002
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discourse analysis voice and style
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    Reflections on the Origins of Writing: New Perspectives on Writing Research
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