Linguistic complexity of abstracts and titles in highly cited journals

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 88, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 76-86

  Whissell, Cynthia ^a  

^a LAURENTIAN UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 0040070975     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.1999.88.1.76     Document Type: Article

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