The acquisition order of coherence relations: On cognitive complexity in discourse

Journal of Pragmatics

Volumn 40, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 2003-2026

  Spooren, Wilbert ^a   Sanders, Ted ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Child language; Cognition; Discourse coherence; Dutch

Indexed keywords

EID: 53049084451     PISSN: 03782166     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2008.04.021     Document Type: Article

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