An ECM Analysis of Coherent Functions of Thematic Structures

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10.2991/icmmcce-17.2017.25How to use a DOI?

Keywords

ECM; Coherence; Thematic structure; Cognition

Abstract

Thematic structures have been extensively studied for the powerful textual functions they display. This paper explores the cognitive mechanisms underlying the coherent functions of thematic structures in literary text with the application of Event-domain Cognitive Model (ECM). It has been found that the cognitive mechanisms for coherence are reflected in four aspects: centralizing and constant progressions achieve coherence by revealing linear and hierarchical, dynamic and static, prominent and gestalt features; parallel and centralizing progressions by displaying prominent feature; constant and extended progressions by embodying dynamic and static features.

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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Zhidong Gao
AU  - Yaping Li
PY  - 2017/09
DA  - 2017/09
TI  - An ECM Analysis of Coherent Functions of Thematic Structures
BT  - Proceedings of the 2017 5th International Conference on Mechatronics, Materials, Chemistry and Computer Engineering (ICMMCCE 2017)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 120
EP  - 126
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/icmmcce-17.2017.25
DO  - 10.2991/icmmcce-17.2017.25
ID  - Gao2017/09
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