Spatial situation models and narrative understanding: Some generalizations and extensions

Discourse Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 23-55

  Rinck, Mike ^a   Williams, Pepper ^b   Bower, Gordon H ^c   Becker, Eni S ^a  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0002340350     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539609544948     Document Type: Article

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