Using diagnostic text information to constrain situation models

Discourse Processes

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 510-544

  Dutke, Stephan ^a   Baadte, Christiane ^b   Hähnel, Andrea ^c   von Hecker, Ulrich ^d   Rinck, Mike ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^b University of Koblenz   (Germany)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^d CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^e RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

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EID: 77955341392     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01638530903416257     Document Type: Article

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