Contextual specificity in the activation of predictive inferences

Discourse Processes

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 426-438

  Lassonde, Karla A ^a   O'Brien, Edward J ^b  

^a MINNESOTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

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EID: 70349637261     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530902959620     Document Type: Article

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