Comprehending the pronouns her, him, and his: Implications for theories of referential processing

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 335-352

  Kennison, Shelia M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Binding theory; Language comprehension; Pronouns; Referential processing; Sentence processing

Indexed keywords

EID: 0141649384     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-596X(03)00071-8     Document Type: Article

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