Cognitive Strategies in Discourse Processing: A Comparison of Chinese and English Speakers

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 597-616

  Tao, Liang ^a,b   Healy, Alice F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b OHIO UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0004887556     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01712411     Document Type: Article

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