Book contents
- The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Overview of the Handbook
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Models and Measures
- Part III Linguistic Theories and Frameworks
- Part IV First Language Processing
- 19 Working Memory in Word Reading
- 20 The Role of Working Memory in Language Comprehension and Production
- 21 Working Memory and High-Level Text Comprehension Processes
- 22 Working Memory and Speech Planning
- 23 How Do Novice and Skilled Writers Engage Working Memory?
- Part V Bilingual Acquisition and Processing
- Part VI Language Disorders, Interventions, and Instruction
- Part VII Conclusion
- Index
- References
21 - Working Memory and High-Level Text Comprehension Processes
from Part IV - First Language Processing
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 08 July 2022
- The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language
- Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
- The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- About the Editors
- About the Contributors
- Acknowledgments
- Overview of the Handbook
- Part I Introduction
- Part II Models and Measures
- Part III Linguistic Theories and Frameworks
- Part IV First Language Processing
- 19 Working Memory in Word Reading
- 20 The Role of Working Memory in Language Comprehension and Production
- 21 Working Memory and High-Level Text Comprehension Processes
- 22 Working Memory and Speech Planning
- 23 How Do Novice and Skilled Writers Engage Working Memory?
- Part V Bilingual Acquisition and Processing
- Part VI Language Disorders, Interventions, and Instruction
- Part VII Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
The construction of a coherent text mental representation demands multiple comprehension processes such as the activation and maintenance of the most important ideas of the text, the retrieval of related information from long-term memory, the generation of information that has not been explicitly mentioned (e.g., inference making), the detection of possible inconsistencies, that is, , comprehension monitoring,, as well as the suppression of no longer relevant information (i.e., updating information). Although it is well known that working memory is essential for language comprehension, it is less clear how individual differences in working memory might explain high-level comprehension processes such as inference making, monitoring, and updating information. In the present chapter, we review some of the literature showing how these cognitive processes are supported by working memory during online comprehension in the first and second language. Overall, working memory is especially necessary when text comprehension requires updating of the situation model, by inhibiting no longer relevant competing information in the native language. In contrast, a more complex pattern results from text comprehension in a second language
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- The Cambridge Handbook of Working Memory and Language , pp. 459 - 481Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022