Identification of written discourse topics by structure coherence and analogy strategies: General aspects and individual differences

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 455-474

  Giora, Rachel ^a   Meiran, Nachshon ^b   Oref, Paz ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b BEN GURION UNIVERSITY OF THE NEGEV   (Israel)

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EID: 16144366383     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0378-2166(95)00040-2     Document Type: Article

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