Context variation and definitions in learning the meanings of words: An instance-based learning approach

Discourse Processes

Volumn 45, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 122-159

  Bolger, Donald J ^a,b   Balass, Michal ^a   Landen, Eve ^a   Perfetti, Charles A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

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EID: 42149116335     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530701792826     Document Type: Article

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