Resolving number ambiguities during language comprehension

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 352-373

  Bader, Markus ^a   Häussler, Jana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KONSTANZ   (Germany)

Author keywords

Lexical ambiguity; Lexical reaccess; Minimal semantic commitment; Number ambiguity

Indexed keywords

EID: 69449104246     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.05.005     Document Type: Article

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