Läslogik

Läslogik, or 'reading logic', is a term used in Swedish-language discussions to describe the logical structure and cognitive processes involved in reading and interpreting written material. It focuses on how readers derive meaning, infer unstated information, evaluate arguments, and build coherent mental representations of a text. Unlike formal logic, läslogik deals with natural language, discourse structure, and reader-centered reasoning.

Key topics include coherence and cohesion, inference generation (bridging and elaborative inferences), identification of argumentation patterns, the role of discourse markers, plausibility assessment, and metacognitive strategies used to monitor understanding.

In practice, läslogik is studied within cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, education, and philosophy of language. It informs teaching approaches to reading comprehension, critical thinking, and literary analysis. It also interacts with theories of textual interpretation and discourse analysis.

Methods: researchers use experimental tasks to measure inference making and comprehension, eye-tracking to observe processing, think-aloud protocols, and corpus-based analyses of how texts guide reader inferences.

Terminology and status: läslogik is not a fixed or universally recognized subdiscipline; rather, it appears as a descriptive label in educational and cognitive-literary contexts for discussions of how people reason when reading.

See also: reading comprehension, discourse analysis, inference, cognition and language, argumentation theory.