Comprehension of referring expressions in Chinese

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 5-6, 1999, Pages 715-743

  Yang, Chin Lung ^a   Gordon, Peter C ^a,c   Hendrick, Randall ^a   Wu, Jei Tun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

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EID: 21544473872     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016909699386248     Document Type: Article

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