The role of context and functionality in the interpretation of quantifiers

European Journal of Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 243-259

  Newstead, Stephen E ^a   Coventry, Kenny R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CORRELATION FUNCTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGY; RATING SCALE; SPEECH; TASK PERFORMANCE;

EID: 0033936037     PISSN: 09541446     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095414400382145     Document Type: Article

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