Contradictions and predictions: Two sources of uncertainty that raise the cognitive interest of readers

Discourse Processes

Volumn 46, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 341-368

  Campion, Nicolas ^a   Martins, Daniel ^b   Wilhelm, Alice ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE POITIERS   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS OUEST NANTERRE LA DÉFENSE   (France)

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EID: 68749108302     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530802629125     Document Type: Article

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