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Levels OF Discourse Processing

The document outlines five levels of cognitive representation in discourse processing: 1) the surface code containing the exact wording and syntax, 2) the text base containing explicit propositions stripped of surface details, 3) the situation model or mental model referring to the real-world context, 4) pragmatic communication involving information exchange between speakers, and 5) discourse genre such as stories or persuasion. Deeper comprehension involves constructing a situation model through sufficient world knowledge, while shallow comprehension relies only on surface code and text base.

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Levels OF Discourse Processing

The document outlines five levels of cognitive representation in discourse processing: 1) the surface code containing the exact wording and syntax, 2) the text base containing explicit propositions stripped of surface details, 3) the situation model or mental model referring to the real-world context, 4) pragmatic communication involving information exchange between speakers, and 5) discourse genre such as stories or persuasion. Deeper comprehension involves constructing a situation model through sufficient world knowledge, while shallow comprehension relies only on surface code and text base.

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LEVELS

OF
DISCOURSE
PROCESSING

FIVE LEVELS OF COGNITIVE


REPRESENTATION :
1.THE

SURFACE CODE
2.THE TEXT BASE
3.THE SITUATION MODEL
4.THE PRAGMATIC COMMUNICATION
5.DISCOURSE GENRE

THE SURFACE CODE


RECORD

OF EXACT WORDING
AND SYNTAX OF THE
SENTENCES.
THIS CODE IS PRESERVED IN
MEMORY FOR ONLY A FEW
SECONDS WHEN TECHNICAL IS
READ.

THE TEXTBASE
CONTAINS

EXPLICIT PROPOSITIONS IN
THE TEXT IN A STRIPPED-DOWN
FROM THAT CAPTURES THE
SEMANTIC MEANING BUT LOSES
DETAILS OF THE SURFACE CODE.

THE SITUATION MODEL


(THE MENTAL MODEL)

REFERENTIAL MENTAL WORLD OF WHAT THE TEXT IS ABOUT.

\THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN ADEQUATE SITUATION MODEL


REQUIRES SUFFICIENT AMOUNT OF RELEVANT WORLD KNOWLEDGE.

DEEP COMPREHENSIONCONSISTS OF THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS


REFERENTIAL SITUATION MODEL, WHEREAS SHALLOW
COMPREHENSION IS LIMITED ON THE SURFACE CODE AND
TEXTBASE.

RETAINED IN MEMORY MUCH LONGER THAN THE TEXTBASE AND


THE SURFACE CODE, ASSUMING THAT THE COMPREHENDER HAS
ADEQUATE WORLD KNOWLEDGE TO BUILD A SITUATION MODEL.

THE PRAGMATIC COMMUNICATION

INFORMATION EXCHANGE BETWEEN SPEECH


PARTICIPANTS.

SPEECH ACTS ARE CRAFTED IN A FASHION THAT


IS SENSITIVE TO SHARED KNOWLEDGE BETWAEEN
SPEECH PARTICIPANTS.

LINGUISTIC CUES DIFFERENTIATE OLD


INFORMATION IN THE DIALOG HISTORY FROM
NEW INFORMATION.

DISCOURSE GENRE

STORIES, EXPOSITION, PERSUASION, AND SO ON.

DISCOURSE ANALYSTS HAVE PROPOSED SEVERAL


DIFFERENT DISCOURSE CLASSIFICATION SCHEMES,
WHICH ARE ORGANIZED IN A MULTILEVEL
HIERARCHICAL TAXONOMY OR IN A
MULTIDIMENSIONAL SPACE.

ONE WAY OF PROMOTING DEEP COMPREHENSION IS


TO COMPOSE EXAMS WITH QUESTION THAT
EMPHASIZE THE SITUATION MODEL, INFERENCES,
REASONING, AND OTHER ASPECTS OF THE DEEPER
LEVELS.

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