ABSTRACT

We encounter discourse frequently in verbal communication as well as in text reading. The comprehension of spoken or written texts surpasses lexical meanings of single words and transcends syntactic structures of sentences. It involves sensitivity to suprasegmental cues that hint on coherence between sentences within the given context or even beyond. Discourse comprehension, therefore, requires not only the immediate analysis of the input but also the integration between the input and the information from a variety of linguistic and non-linguistic domains within the context (e.g., discourse cues, one’s prior knowledge).