Monotonicity and processing load

Journal of Semantics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 97-117

  Geurts, Bart ^a   van der Slik, Frans ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 26844540045     PISSN: 01675133     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffh018     Document Type: Article

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