How generalization inferences are constructed in expository text comprehension

Autor:	Kristin A. Ritchey
Rok vydání:	2011
Předmět:	Generalization media_common.quotation_subject Rhetorical modes Inference Linguistics Education Reading comprehension Reading (process) Developmental and Educational Psychology Paragraph Psychology Construct (philosophy) Scope (computer science) media_common
Zdroj:	Contemporary Educational Psychology. 36:280-288
ISSN:	0361-476X
Popis:	Three questions regarding adult readers’ processing of generalization inferences (conceptually broad statements that subsume several specific statements) are investigated. College students (N = 193) read expository texts containing target statements that were consistent, inconsistent, or off-topic in relation to a generalization implied by one paragraph. Reading times were faster for consistent than inconsistent statements and faster for inconsistent than off-topic statements, indicating adult readers construct generalization inferences online during initial reading of a text and that the inference they construct is relatively narrow in scope. This pattern of faster reading time for consistent sentences occurred under different reading goals, suggesting generalization inferences are a pervasive component of expository text comprehension.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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