?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Aspects+of+schematic+processing+in+Indigenous+speakers+of+Aboriginal+English%3A+An+initial+exploration&rft.creator=Sharifian%2C+Farzad&rft.subject=Cognitive+Psychology&rft.subject=Comparative+Psychology&rft.subject=Semantics&rft.subject=Psycholinguistics&rft.description=Schema+theory+provides+a+meeting+place+for+the+studies+of+language%2C+culture%2C+and+cognition.+Cultural+knowledge+and+experience+are+represented+in+the+form+of+cognitive+schemas%2C+which+underlie+the+production+of+cultural+discourse.+Thus%2C+an+examination+of+distinctive+patterns+of+discourse+produced+by+cultural+groups+may+provide+us+with+an+understanding+of+their+underlying+cultural+schemas.+Discourse+in+English+produced+by+Aboriginal+students+reveals+certain+Aboriginal+cultural+schemas.+A+closer+analysis+of+Aboriginal+English+discourse+also+reveals+some+salient+patterns+which+may+be+explained+by+the+way+these+cultural+schemas+are+processed.+The+present+study+is+an+initial+attempt+to+explore+these+patterns+in+the+light+of+schema+theory.+In+this+analysis%2C+certain+features+suggest+distinctive+patterns+of+schema+activation%2C+while+some+other+point+to+the+possibility+of+a+distinctive+role+played+by+schemas+in+the+use+of+referential+devices.+&rft.date=2000&rft.type=Conference+Paper&rft.type=PeerReviewed&rft.format=text%2Fhtml&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1249%2F1%2FABORIGINAL_PROCESSING.htm&rft.identifier=++Sharifian%2C+Farzad++(2000)+Aspects+of+schematic+processing+in+Indigenous+speakers+of+Aboriginal+English%3A+An+initial+exploration.++%5BConference+Paper%5D++++(Unpublished)++&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Fcogprints.org%2F1249%2F