Verb aspect, event structure, and coreferential processing

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 191-205

  Ferretti, Todd R ^a   Rohde, Hannah ^b   Kehler, Andrew ^c   Crutchley, Melanie ^d  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Coreferential processing; ERP; Pronouns; Thematic roles; Verb aspect

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349105308     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.04.001     Document Type: Article

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