Syntactic priming effects in comprehension: A critical review

Linguistics and Language Compass

Volumn 4, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 925-937

  Tooley, Kristen M ^a   Traxler, Matthew J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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EID: 77957366835     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1749818X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1749-818X.2010.00249.x     Document Type: Review

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