Causal and semantic relatedness in discourse understanding and representation

Discourse Processes

Volumn 39, Issue 2-3, 2005, Pages 165-187

  Wolfe, Michael B W ^a   Magliano, Joseph P ^b   Larsen, Benjamin ^b  

^a GRAND VALLEY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 19944420162     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp3902&3_4     Document Type: Review

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