Exam 12: Comprehension

The spoken equivalent of text is known as:

The type of grammar that emphasizes the roles played by what the words refer to in a sentence, and the relation between verbs and the words associated with them, is called:

Which type of coherence refers to consistency in where the events occur?

Spoken interchanges where the topic may change as it unfolds are called:

Which of the following represents our knowledge of routine actions and familiar repeated sequences?

An important part of comprehension involves working out what things refer to; this is called:

Which type of coherence refers to consistency in when events occur?

There is a "contract" between the writer and the reader, or participants in a conversation, to present new information so that it can easily be assimilated with what people already know. This is called the:

Comprehenders must work out what anaphors refer to - what their antecedents are. This process is called:

People take longer to read the first sentence after a shift of topic. This is called the:

In which phase of processing in the construction-integration model are word meanings activated, propositions formed, and inferences made?

First, consider the word "house," then consider the words "building, rooms, bricks, stone, and wood." They are all possible:

What type of aphasia causes people to have difficulty in understanding the meaning of words, which impairs their ability to follow coherent text and conversation?

When we go beyond the literal meaning of the text we are making:

The more facts there are associated with a concept, the slower the retrieval of any one of those facts. This is known as the:

Carrying out backward inferences to maintain a coherent representation of the text is called:

Consider the story: "Vlad drove to Memphis yesterday. The car kept overheating." Which of the following inferences do we make to maintain coherence?

Words and phrases such as "later" or "two days later" tell the reader that there is a temporal discontinuity and a potential shift of topic. These words are called:

The amount of information an anaphor contains is called its:

Consider the sentence: "It was the bird that ate the fruit." The antecedent is: