Have we been searching for meaning in all the wrong places? Defining the "search after meaning" principle in comprehension

Discourse Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 279-298

  Long, Debra L ^a   Lea, R Brooke ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b MACALESTER COLLEGE   (United States)

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EID: 19944399430     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp3902&3_10     Document Type: Review

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