The Processing of Locally Ambiguous Relative Clauses in German

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 1995, Pages 499-520

  Schriefers, Herbert ^a   Friederici, Angela D ^b   Kühn, Katja ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR HUMAN COGNITIVE AND BRAIN SCIENCES   (Germany)

^c FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

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EID: 0005614979     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1995.1023     Document Type: Article

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