Table of Contents

Foreword. Text Representation: Structures and Processes. Input-Output: Processing and representation (J.-P. Rossi). Constructing multiple semantic representations in comprehending and producing discourse (C.H. Frederiksen and J. Donin). The mental representation of the text. Relationship between text characteristics and characteristics of mental representation (A. Flammer and R. Luthi). Text typologies: A cognitive approach (M. Fayol). Cognitive and metacognitive aspects of text processing (B.E. Kurtz). Knowledge Acquisition from Text. The role of knowledge in discourse comprehension: A construction-integration model (W. Kintsch). Mental models and acquisition of knowledge from text: Representation and acquisition of functional systems (S. Baudet and G. Denhière). Knowledge modification during reading (S.-P. Ballstaedt and H. Mandl). Coherence in semantic representations: Text comprehension and acquisition of concepts (J.-F. Le Ny). Acquisition, updating and ordering of knowledge in the reading of press agency wires (J. François). Coherence: Perspectives in Linguistic and Cognitive Research. Aspects of textual continuity: Linguistic approaches (M. Charolles and M.-F. Ehrlich). Aspects of textual continuity: Psycholinguistic approaches (M.-F. Ehrlich and M. Charolles). Pronouns and cognitive connexity (S. Garrod). The development of coherence in narratives by understanding intentional action (T. Trabasso). Text Production: Cognitive Aspects. Production: Planning and control (E. Esperet). The analysis of writers' think-aloud protocols: Developing a principled coding scheme forill-structured tasks (A. Breuleux). Production of argumentative discourse: The textual function of statements considered important by the speaker (P. Coirier). Towards the generation of discourse units in conversation (U.M. Quasthoff). Strategies in discourse production: Computational models (V.L. Zammuner). Author index. Subject index.