the investigation would certainly offer implications for translation, where the translators mostly adhere to only the ideational meaning of the sl text neglecting its textual meaning, a practice which mostly leads to target language texts which have lower readability(compared with their source language counterparts) due to their displaced thematization strategies.
How do people transform the surface structure of a sentence into the sentence’s intended meaning? Word order is an important cue used by people in sentence comprehension (Bates et al., 1982; Ferreira, 2003). Another important cue is the meaning of individual words (i.e. nouns and
This study investigates the comprehension of three kinds of subject-extracted relative clauses (SRs) in Mandarin Chinese: standard SRs, relative clauses involving the disposal ba construction ("disposal SRs"), and relative clauses involving the long passive bei constructions ("pa
The literature on assessing the cognitive processes involved in hypertext comprehension during the last fifteen years has yielded contradictory results. In this paper we explored a possible factor affecting this situation, mainly the potential effects on comprehension of reading
Among linguistic-cognitive failures, the retelling of stories and lexical disorders occur from the onset of AD. Recent studies have discussed whether lexical failures in AD patients include naming actions. Objectives The aims of this study were to verify naming and reformulation
In the framework of the European Soil Thematic Strategy, and the associated preparation of a directive on the protection and sustainable use of soil, landslides were recognized as a soil threat requiring specific strategies for risk assessment and management. The criteria for har
Despite the heterogeneity of ideas regarding the definitions of genre, there are also common instances shared among scholars interested in particular aspects of the notion. Swales (1990) and Bhatia (1993) are primarily interested in the sociological and psychological aspects of g