Structural Parallelism and Discourse Coherence: A Test of Centering Theory

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 593-608

  Chambers, Craig G ^a   Smyth, Ron ^a  

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EID: 0039758346     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1998.2575     Document Type: Article

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