Drawing the Line between Constituent Structure and Coherence Relations in Visual Narratives

Autor/inn/en	Cohn, Neil; Bender, Patrick
Titel	Drawing the Line between Constituent Structure and Coherence Relations in Visual Narratives
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 43 (2017) 2, S.289-301 (13 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0278-7393
DOI	10.1037/xlm0000290
Schlagwörter	Statistical Analysis; Correlation; Cues; Personal Narratives; Cartoons; Grammar; Semantics; Novels; Questionnaires; Regression (Statistics); Predictor Variables; Stimuli; Massachusetts + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Statistische Analyse; Korrelation; Stichwort; Erlebniserzählung; Zeichentrickfilm; Grammatik; Semantik; Novel; Roman; Fragebogen; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Prädiktor; Anreizsystem; Master-Studiengang
Abstract	Theories of visual narrative understanding have often focused on the changes in meaning across a sequence, like shifts in characters, spatial location, and causation, as cues for breaks in the structure of a discourse. In contrast, the theory of visual narrative grammar posits that hierarchic "grammatical" structures operate at the discourse level using categorical roles for images, which may or may not co-occur with shifts in coherence. We therefore examined the relationship between narrative structure and coherence shifts in the segmentation of visual narrative sequences using a "segmentation task" where participants drew lines between images in order to divide them into subepisodes. We used regressions to analyze the influence of the expected constituent structure boundary, narrative categories, and semantic coherence relationships on the segmentation of visual narrative sequences. Narrative categories were a stronger predictor of segmentation than linear coherence relationships between panels, though both influenced participants' divisions. Altogether, these results support the theory that meaningful sequential images use a narrative grammar that extends above and beyond linear semantic shifts between discourse units. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01