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top-down processing
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A term from cognitive psychology often applied to language comprehension (listening and reading). Unlike the method in bottom-up processing , we ‘bring to’ a text background knowledge which we utilize in the interpretation of its meaning. See schema theory . ( 1983 ). Discourse Analysis . Cambridge : Cambridge University Press . ... log in or subscribe to read full text
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