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Download full textPerfetti, Charles A.; Goldman, Susan R. – 1975
Thematization, the relative frequency of a discourse referent, and topicalization are conceptualized as related discourse functions. In a probe recall experiment, a word with a thematized referent was a better recall probe than a word with a nonthematized referent. Also, an agent noun was a better prompt than a recipient, and this semantic…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Connected Discourse, Discourse Analysis, Language Research
