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Some observations on the dualistic nature of discourse processing

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From the journal Folia Linguistica

Abstract

A range of studies on language use suggests that there is a general contrast between two kinds of discourse processing. Based on a review of these studies, which rest on a number of different methodological approaches and perspectives, the present paper argues that there is in fact converging evidence in support of the hypothesis that linguistic discourse has a dualistic structure. Central to this structure is a distinction between what tends to be referred to, respectively, as the microstructure and the macrostructure of discourse. Furthermore, it is argued that the distinction shows significant neurolinguistic correlations, and that these correlations concern the lateralization of the cerebral brain.

Acknowledgements

This is to thank Olga Fischer and two anonymous reviewers for their highly valuable comments. Furthermore, the paper owes a great deal to the participants of the international workshop One Brain – Two Grammars? Examining dualistic approaches to grammar and cognition, Rostock, March 1–2, 2018, for many valuable comments, as well as to Alexander Haselow, Gunther Kaltenböck, and Tania Kuteva for all their cooperation. My thanks are also due to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies and Haiping Long, and the University of Cape Town and Matthias Brenzinger for the academic hospitality received while working there on this paper.

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Received: 2018-03-25
Revised: 2018-06-27
Accepted: 2018-11-27
Published Online: 2019-10-24
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