Plausibility and the processing of unbounded dependencies: An eye-tracking study

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 454-475

  Traxler, Matthew J ^b   Pickering, Martin J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE

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EID: 16144366588     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1996.0025     Document Type: Article

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