Agreement attraction in comprehension: Representations and processes

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 61, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 206-237

  Wagers, Matthew W ^a   Lau, Ellen F ^b   Phillips, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Agreement; Comprehension; Prediction; Retrieval; Syntax

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349204624     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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