Distinguishing language from thought: Experimental Evidence That Syntax Is Lexically Rather Than Conceptually Represented

Psychological Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 310-315

  Bowers, Jeffrey S ^a   Vigliocco, Gabriella ^b   Stadthagen Gonzalez, Hans ^b   Vinson, David ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

^b Dept of Experimental Psychology ^*

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EID: 0346304882     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/1467-9280.00160     Document Type: Article

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