Subject-verb agreement processes in comprehension

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 569-587

  Nicol, J L ^a   Forster, K I ^a   Veres, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA   (United States)

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EID: 0031142395     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.2497     Document Type: Article

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