Disordered discourse in schizophrenia described by the structure building framework

Discourse Studies

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 355-372

  Gernsbacher, Morton Ann ^a   Tallent, Kathleen A ^a   Bolliger, Caroline M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse comprehension; Discourse production; General cognitive processes; Mechanisms underlying language; Schizophrenia; Structure building framework

Indexed keywords

EID: 34248767022     PISSN: 14614456     EISSN: 14617080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1461445699001003004     Document Type: Article

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