The interplay of syntax and form in sentence production: A cross-linguistic study of form effects on agreement

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 329-374

  Franck, Julie ^a   Vigliocco, Gabriella ^b   Antón Méndez, Inés ^c   Collina, Simona ^d   Frauenfelder, Ulrich H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d Universita degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; MALE; METHODOLOGY; NORMAL HUMAN; PHONETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SEX DIFFERENCE; VALIDATION PROCESS;

EID: 41149107015     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960701467993     Document Type: Article

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