Influence of Connectives on Language Comprehension: Eye-tracking Evidence for Incremental Interpretation

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A: Human Experimental Psychology

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 481-497

  Traxler, Matthew J ^a,b   Bybee, Michael D ^c   Pickering, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c ST JOHN S COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 0031493741     PISSN: 02724987     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/027249897391982     Document Type: Article

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