Resolving signals to cohesion: Two models of bridging inference

Discourse Processes

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 77-102

  Revlin, Russell ^a   Hegarty, Mary ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 0142084487     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638539909545051     Document Type: Article

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