Text world theory

Text world theory is a cognitive model of language processing which aims to explain how people construct meaning from language. Text world theory and schema theory seek to help people understand how we process language and create mental representations when we read or listen to something. This theory figuratively describes a piece of language (such as a text, a speech or conversation) as a "world" that the reader, hearer or interlocutor must "build" in their mind. Text world theory was first developed by Paul Werth in the 1980s, and has subsequently been used as in education as a method for pupils to engage with literature.

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