Figure and ground in temporal sentences: The role of the adverbs when and while

Discourse Processes

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 1-23

  De Vega, Manuel ^a   Rinck, Mike ^b   Díaz, José M ^a   Leon, Inmaculada ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

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EID: 34250016523     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/s15326950dp4301_1     Document Type: Article

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