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The Construction of Situation Models in Narrative Comprehension: An Event-Indexing Model

Rolf A. Zwaan¹; Mark C. Langston²; Arthur C. Graesser³

¹ Florida State University · ² University of Chicago · ³ University of Memphis

In this article, we propose and test a model of how readers construct representations of the situations described in simple narratives the event-indexing model According to the event-indexing model, events are the focal points of situations conveyed in narratives and are connected in memory along five dimensions time, space, protagonist, causality, and intentionality The results of a verb-clustering task provide strong support for the event-indexing model

DOI

10.1111/j.1467-9280.1995.tb00513.x

Volume

6 (5)

Pages

292-297

Language

en

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