Reader control in reading: Effects of language competence, text type, and task

Discourse Processes

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 223-267

  Horiba, Yukie ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b KANDA UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL STUDIES   (Japan)

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EID: 0001327753     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326950dp2903_3     Document Type: Article

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