Resolving Interpretive Ambiguity in Text: Children's Generation of Multiple Interpretations

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 396-424

  Casteel, Mark A ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0031531372     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.2354     Document Type: Article

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