When a missing verb makes a French sentence more acceptable

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 440-449

  Gimenes, Manuel ^a   Rigalleau, François ^a   Gaonac'h, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Syntax; Verb

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FRANCE; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; WORD RECOGNITION;

EID: 62149138340     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: 14640732     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01690960802193670     Document Type: Article

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