20 July 2009
Texts and Reading
Posted by bsypniewski under: Sypniewski; Yngve; expectations; reading; text .
This is a joint paper by Yngve and Sypniewski, delivered at the 2004 SLE conference at Agder University, Kristiansand, Norway. The paper presents an initial look at how texts and reading can be interpreted in Hard Science Linguistics. While preliminary, our research indicates that expectations play a siignfcant role in our understanding of a text and that the structure of the text triggers those expectations to a large degree. The text used is a jury verdict form, ahighly formalized document. More about this document and the context in which it is used can be found in the ‘Closings’ paper that can be found on this site. Click here for a copy.