Verb Argument Structure in Parsing and Interpretation: Evidence from wh-Questions

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 1995, Pages 774-806

  Boland, Julie E ^a   Tanenhaus, Michael K ^b   Garnsey, Susan M ^c   Carlson, Greg N ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 34248802252     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1995.1034     Document Type: Article

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