The measurement of textual coherence with latent semantic analysis Export

@article{citeulike:2243781, abstract = {Latent Semantic Analysis is used as a technique for measuring the coherence of texts. By comparing the vectors for two adjoining segments of text in a highdimensional semantic space, the method provides a characterization of the degree of semantic relatedness between the segments. We illustrate the approach for predicting coherence through re-analyzing sets of texts from two studies that manipulated the coherence of texts and assessed readers' comprehension. The results indicate that the method ...}, author = {Foltz, P. and Kintsch, W. and Landauer, T.}, citeulike-article-id = {2243781}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.21.1029}, journal = {Discourse Processes}, keywords = {lsa}, number = {2\&3}, pages = {285--307}, posted-at = {2008-01-17 08:48:15}, priority = {2}, title = {The measurement of textual coherence with latent semantic analysis}, url = {http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.21.1029}, volume = {25}, year = {1998} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:2243781 L3 - citeulike-article-id:2243781 N2 - Latent Semantic Analysis is used as a technique for measuring the coherence of texts. By comparing the vectors for two adjoining segments of text in a highdimensional semantic space, the method provides a characterization of the degree of semantic relatedness between the segments. We illustrate the approach for predicting coherence through re-analyzing sets of texts from two studies that manipulated the coherence of texts and assessed readers' comprehension. The results indicate that the method ... IS - 2\&3 JF - Discourse Processes EP - 307 TI - The measurement of textual coherence with latent semantic analysis VL - 25 SP - 285 KW - lsa AU - Foltz, P AU - Kintsch, W AU - Landauer, T PY - 1998/// UR - http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.21.1029 ER -