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Macrostructure
Macrostructure may refer to: * Macrostructure (linguistics) * Macrostructure (psychology) *Macrostructure (sociology) In sociology, macrostructures, often simply called 'structure', correspond to the overall organization of society, described at a rather large-scale level, featuring for instance social groups, organizations, institutions, nation-states and their re ... See also * Microstructure {{Disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrostructure (linguistics)
In linguistics and discourse analysis, semantic macrostructures are the overall, global meanings of discourse, usually also described in terms of ''topic'', ''gist'', or ''upshot''. These semantic macrostructures (global meanings or topics) are typically expressed in for instance the headlines and lead of a news report, or the title and the abstract of a scholarly article. Macrostructures of discourse are distinguished from its microstructures, that is, the local structures of words, clauses, sentences or turns in conversation. Macrostructures may be derived from microstructures by operations such as abstracting, that is, leaving out or summarizing specific details. Semantic macrostructures or topics define what is called the global coherence of discourse. This concept was first proposed by Teun A. van Dijk in 1977. Macrostructure is an important concept in the Construction-Integration (CI) model detailed by Walter Kintsch Walter Kintsch (born 1932) is an American Professor Emeri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrostructure (sociology)
In sociology, macrostructures, often simply called 'structure', correspond to the overall organization of society, described at a rather large-scale level, featuring for instance social groups, organizations, institutions, nation-states and their respective properties and relations. In this case, societal macrostructures are distinguished from societal microstructures consisting of the situated social interaction of social actors, often described in terms of agency. This distinction in sociology has given rise to the well-known macro-micro debate, in which microsociologists claim the primacy of interaction as the constituents of societal structures, and macrosociologists the primacy of given social structure as a general constraint on interaction. One important macrostructure is patriarchy, the traditional system of economic and political inequality between women and men in most societies. References {{Reflist * Alexander, J. C., Giesen, B., Münch, R., & Smelser, N. J. (Eds.). ( ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Macrostructure (psychology)
Memory is the faculty of the mind by which data or information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. It is the retention of information over time for the purpose of influencing future action. If past events could not be remembered, it would be impossible for language, relationships, or personal identity to develop. Memory loss is usually described as forgetfulness or amnesia. Memory is often understood as an informational processing system with explicit and implicit functioning that is made up of a sensory processor, short-term (or working) memory, and long-term memory. This can be related to the neuron. The sensory processor allows information from the outside world to be sensed in the form of chemical and physical stimuli and attended to various levels of focus and intent. Working memory serves as an encoding and retrieval processor. Information in the form of stimuli is encoded in accordance with explicit or implicit functions by the working memory processor. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
