The contributions of verb bias and plausibility to the comprehension of temporarily ambiguous sentences

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 58-93

  Garnsey, Susan ^a   Pearlmutter, Neal J ^c   Myers, Elizabeth ^a   Lotocky, Melanie A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b Queen of the Valley Hospital   (United States)

^c University of Illinois ^*

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EID: 0031185108     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1997.2512     Document Type: Article

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