As people read a sentence, they group words into phrased based on syntactic rules. If their interpretation is wrong, they will look for new information to take into account to form coherency.

Syntax-first approach to parsing

As people read a sentence, they group words into phrases based on both syntactic rules and semantic meaning simultaneously.

Interactionist approach to parsing

- Syntax-first approach
- Interactionist approach 

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Combining groups of words into phrases. Important in determining the meaning of a sentence.

Parsing

Goldstein, E. B. (2014). Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience. Nelson Education.


Cognitive psychology: Connecting mind, research and everyday experience

A textual unit that is composed of one or more words, parsed together and following some syntactical rules.

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