Language comprehension: Archival memory or preparation for situated action?

Discourse Processes

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 61-80

  Barsalou, Lawrence W ^a  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002160289     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539909545069     Document Type: Review

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