Bücher der Reihe Research in Text Theory

Frontmatter -- Preface -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter One. On Discourse Comprehension And Inferencing -- Chapter Two. On Syntactic Inferencing -- Chapter Three. On Semantic Inferencing -- Chapter Four. On Semantic-Logical Inferencing -- Chapter Five. On Action-Oriented Inferencing -- Chapter Six. Inferencing Towards Text Organization -- Chapter Seven. On Interpretative Elaboration -- Chapter Eight. Interpretation, Inferencing And Illusion -- Chapter Nine. Inferences In Alice In Wonderland -- Conclusion -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction / Ballmer, Th. T. -- Part I. Procedural Linguistics -- Strategic Discourse Comprehension / Dijk, T. A. van -- Referential Nets as Knowledge Structures / Habel, C. U. -- Procedural Grammar for a Fragment of Black English Discourse / Eikmeyer, H. -J. / Rieser, H. -- Part II. Quantitative and Algebraic Dynamics -- On the Dynamic Approach to Language / Altmann, G. -- Text as a Unit and Co-References / Hrebicek, L. -- An Algebraic Approach to Discourses and their Goals / Nowakowska, M. -- Part III. Language Change -- Towards a Theory of Linguistic Change / Keller, R. -- Rules and the Dynamics of Language / Strecker, B. -- Not by Nature nor by Intention: The Normative Power of Language Signs / Heringer, H. J. -- Part IV. Morphogenetic Linguistics -- Tension and Suspense: On the Biogenesis and the Semiogenesis of the Detective Novel, Soccer and Art / Koch, W. A. -- The Psychology of Context Change / Ballmer, Th. T. -- Name Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introductory Remarks -- Eine partielle Texttheorie (TeSWeST) und einige Aspekte ihrer Anwendung / Petöfi, J. S. -- Vorüberlegungen zur Rolle des Konzepts der Textverarbeitung beim Aufbau einer empirischen Sprachtheorie / Rieser, H. / Wienold, G. -- Recalling and Summarizing Complex Discourse / Dijk, T. A. van -- Textrezeption und Textinterpretation / Kindt, W. / Schmidt, S. J. -- Sprechakttheorie und Handlungslogik / Kummer, W. -- Towards a Formal Theory of Dialogues / Nowakowska, M. -- Performativization and Topicalization of Direct Yes-No- Interrogatives / Åqvist, L. -- Approaches to the Analysis of Ethnopoetic Texts / Segal, D. -- Aschenputtel geht zum Ball... Bemerkungen zu den Rollen und Figuren der französischen mündlichen Erzählliteratur / Greimas, A. J. / Courtes, J. -- On Belief Systems / Hoppäl, M. -- Myth as a Cognitive Map: A Sketch of the Okanagan Myth Automaton / Maranda, P. / Maranda, E. Köngäs -- Aspekte diskursmodell-orientierter Textverarbeitung / Metzing, D. -- Konzepttheorie - ein praktischer Beitrag zur Textverarbeitung und Textrezeption / Samlowski, W. -- Automatic Novel Writing: A Status Report / Klein, Sheldon / Aeschlimann, John F. / Balsiger, David F. / Converse, Steven L. / Court, Claudine / Foster, Mark / Lao, Robin / Oakley, John D. / Smith, Joel -- Die Datenbasis des SQAP für natürlich-sprachliche Information / Palme, J. -- List of Contributors

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Foreword: The Genesis of this Reader -- The Lover and His Lass / Thurber, J. -- The Emic Structure of Individuals in Relation to Dialogue / Bernstein, Jared / Pike, Kenneth Lee -- Connectives in Text Grammar and Text Logic / Dijk, Teun A. Van -- Cohesive, Progressive, and Localizing Aspects of Text Structure / Fowler, Roger -- Essai sur la vie sentimentale des hippopotames / Greimas, A. J. / Nef, F. -- Logique et discours / Grize, Jean-Blaise -- Überlegungen zu einer makrostrukturellen Textanalyse: J. Thurber, The Lover and His Lass / Gülich, Elisabeth / Raible, Wolfgang -- Text as Semantic Choice in Social Contexts / Halliday, M. A. K. -- James Thurbers "The Lover and His Lass" - textgrammatische Bemerkungen zur Konstitution eines literarischen Textes / Harweg, Roland -- Signemränge und Textanalyse / Heger, Klaus -- A Taxonomic Deep and Surface Structure Analysis of 'The Lover and His Lass' / Longacre, R. E. -- «The Lover and His Lass», lecture de ce texte (Tentative d'analyse sémiotique, partielle et partiale) / Oppel, Yanouchka -- Reference and Text / Palek, Bohumil -- Zur Rolle der Personalpronomina / Pisarkowa, Krystyna -- Editor's Postscript -- Addresses of the Contributors -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Cognitive and Social Psychological Approaches to Literary Discourse. An Overview / Halàsz, Làszló -- Artificial Intelligence and Literary Appreciation: How Big Is the Gap? / Abelson, Robert P. -- Schemas for Literary Communication / Beaugrande, Robert De -- On Formal- and Content-Based Models of Story Memory / Pléh, Csaba -- Understanding and Enjoying / Laszló, Janos -- The Psychology of Literature and The Short Story: A Methodological Perspective / Lindauer, Martin S. -- Social Perception and Understanding of Interaction in the Short Stories Entitled 'Everything That Rises Must Coverge' and 'Brutes' (Barbarians) / Halász, László -- Narrative Pattern Analysis : a Quantitative Method for Inferring the Symbolic Meaning of Narratives / Martindale, Colin -- A Personality Assessment Approach to the Study of Literature / Helson, Ravenna -- Shakespeare's Plays and Sonnets: Correlates of Differential Greatness / Simonton, Dean Keith -- Literary Discourse: Psychoanalytic Study of Texts / Bókay, Antal -- Life vs. Art: The Interpretation of Visual Narratives / Gross, Larry -- List of contributors -- Author Index -- Subject Index -- Backmatter

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Preface -- Part One -- A Framework For Representing Knowledge / Minsky, M. -- NUDGE, a Knowledge-based Scheduling Program / Goldstein, I.P. / Roberts, R.B. -- The Logic of Frames / Hayes, P.J. -- Part Two -- Ms. Malaprop, a Language Comprehension Program / Charniak, E. -- The Role of Scripts in Understanding / Lehnert, W.G. -- Frame-based Text Processing / Rosenberg, St. T. -- Discourse and Reference Components of PAL / Sidner, C. -- Frames, Semantics and Novelty / Wilks, Y. -- Index

I-X -- Opening Address -- Session 1: Philosophy -- Possible Worlds in History of Science -- Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn's paper "Possible Worlds in History of Science" -- Discussion of Thomas S. Kuhn's paper "Possible Worlds in History of Science" -- Speaker's Reply -- Exploring Possible Worlds -- On Doughnutting. Discussion of Jaakko Hintikka's paper "Exploring Possible Worlds" -- Transworld Journeys. Report on Session 1: Philosophy -- Session 2: Linguistics -- Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective -- Possible Worlds and Subject Matter. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee's paper "Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective" -- Some Caveats with Respect to Possible Worlds. Discussion of Barbara H. Partee's paper "Possible Worlds in Model-Theoretic Semantics: A Linguistic Perspective" -- Speaker's Reply -- Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds -- Possible Worlds and Enkvist's Worlds. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist's paper "Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds" -- The World of Words - and Pictures. Discussion of Nils Erik Enkvist's paper "Connexity, Interpretability, Universes of Discourse, and Text Worlds" -- Possible Worlds - Text Worlds. Quo vadis Linguistica? Report on Session 2: Linguistics -- Session 3: Literature and Arts -- Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions -- Discussion of Lubomír Dolezel's paper "Possible Worlds and Literary Fictions" -- Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary -- Duality and Deviance: Two Semantic Modes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel's paper "Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary" -- Fictional and Ontological Landscapes. Discussion of Thomas Pavel's paper "Fictional Worlds and the Economy of the Imaginary" -- Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective -- Possible Worlds: A Historical Perspective in Literature. Discussion of Lars Gyllensten's paper "Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective" -- Possible Worlds - But for Whom? Discussion of Lars Gyllensten's paper "Possible Worlds - A Chorus of a Multitude of Souls. A Writer's Perspective" -- Speaker's Reply -- Image and Dimension -- Pictorial Possibility. Discussion of Ulf Linde's paper "Image and Dimension" -- Discussion of Ulf Linde's paper "Image and Dimension" -- Report on Session 3: Literature and Arts -- Session 4: Natural Science -- Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics -- On Characterizing Possible Worlds of Physics. Discussion of J. S. Bell's paper "Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics" -- Discussion of J. S. Bell's paper "Six Possible Worlds of Quantum Mechanics" -- Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics -- How to Describe Physical Reality? Discussion of Martin J. Rees's paper "Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics" -- The Uniformity of the Universe. Discussion of Martin J. Rees's paper "Our Universe and Others: The Limits of Space, Time and Physics" -- Report on Session 4: Natural Science -- List of Contributors -- 454

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