The Routledge Handbook of Discourse Processes

Michael F. Schober is Professor of Psychology and Vice Provost for Research at The New School, USA. He served as Editor of Discourse Processes from 2005–15. David N. Rapp is Professor in the Department of Psychology, School of Education and Social Policy, and a Charles Deering McCormick Professor of Teaching Excellence at Northwestern University, USA. He is Editor of Discourse Processes. M. Anne Britt is Distinguished Teaching and Research Professor of Psychology at Northern Illinois University, USA. She recently was Co-PI on the IES-funded Project READI, which focused on evidence-based argumentation for disciplinary learning.

Introduction: Discourse processes evolving
Michael F. Schober, David N. Rapp & M. Anne Britt



Part I. Overviews


Reading comprehension theories: A view from the top down
Panayiota Kendeou & Edward J. O’Brien


Theories and approaches to the study of conversation and interactive discourse
William S. Horton


Studying discourse processes in institutional contexts

Adrian Bangerter & Joep Cornellisen

Part II. Research Methods for Studying Discourse Processes: State of the Art and Challenges



Research Methods: Conversation analysis
Saul Albert


Research Methods: The study of language processing in human conversation Sarah Brown-Schmidt
Research Methods: Big data approaches to study discourse processes
Michael Jones & Melody Dye


Research Methods: Online measures of text processing
Johanna K. Kaakinen


Research Methods: Neuroscientific methods to study discourse processes
Christopher A. Kurby



Part III. Topical Reviews


The role of sourcing in discourse comprehension
Ivar Bråten, Marc Stadtler, & Ladislao Salmerón


Discourse updating: Acquiring and revising knowledge through discourse
Tobias Richter & Murray Singer


Discourse processing in technology-mediated environments
Darren Gergle


Discourse and expertise: The challenge of mutual understanding between experts and laypeople
Rainer Bromme & Regina Jucks


Discourse processing and development through the adult lifespan
Elizabeth A. Stine-Morrow & Gabriel A. Radvansky


The cognitive neuroscience of discourse: Covered ground and new directions
Jeffrey Zacks, Raymond A. Mar, & Navona Calarco


Beliefs and Discourse Processing
Michael B. Wolfe & Thomas D. Griffin


Classroom Discourse: What do we need to know for research and for practice?
Catherine O’Connor & Catherine Snow


The Modern Reader: Should changes to how we read affect research and theory?
Joseph P. Magliano, Matthew T. McCrudden, Jean-Francois Rouet, & John Sabatini


Toward an integrated perspective of writing as a discourse process

Danielle S. McNamara and Laura K. Allen

Afterword: World-Wide Changes in Discourse and the Changing Field of Discourse Processes

Arthur C. Graesser, Morton Ann Gernsbacher & Susan R. Goldman