Prosodic Influences on the Resolution of Temporary Ambiguity during On-Line Sentence Processing

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 319-344

  Nagel, H Nicholas ^a,b   Shapiro, Lewis P ^c   Tuller, Betty ^a   Nawy, Rebecca ^d  

^a Massachusetts General Hospital ^*

^b MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITION; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 0030097788     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01708576     Document Type: Article

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