Representation of complex goal structures in narrative comprehension

Discourse Processes

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 111-135

  Richards, Eric ^a,b   Singer, Murray ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

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EID: 0141673943     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15326950DP3102_01     Document Type: Article

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