What have we been missing? The role of general world knowledge in discourse processing

Discourse Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 265-278

  Cook, Anne E ^a   Guéraud, Sabine ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 19944416585     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp3902&3_9     Document Type: Review

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