Processing of obscure poetic texts: Mechanisms of selection

Journal of Literary Semantics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 133-170

  Yaron, Iris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

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EID: 34248732255     PISSN: 03417638     EISSN: 16133838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/jlse.2002.013     Document Type: Article

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