Answering questions about expository texts

Discourse Processes

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 57-84

  Millis, Keith K ^a   Barker, Gregory P ^a  

^a NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0007428883     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539609544949     Document Type: Article

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