Surface cues and the development of given/new interpretation

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 553-582

  Chen, Shu Hui Eileen ^a  

^a National Taipei Teachers College   (Taiwan)

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EID: 0032218536     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400010365     Document Type: Article

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