Indirect anaphora in English and French: A cross-linguistic study of pronoun resolution

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 363-376

  Cornish, Francis ^a   Garnham, Alan ^b   Cowles, H Wind ^c   Fossard, Marion ^a   André, Virginie ^d  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Conceptual centrality; Indirect anaphora; Pronoun resolution

Indexed keywords

EID: 15044349202     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2004.12.004     Document Type: Article

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