The Effect of Prosody on Conceptual Combination

Cognitive Science

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1107-1123

  Lynott, Dermot ^a   Connell, Louise ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Compounds; Concepts; Conceptual combination; Emphasis; Language comprehension; Prosody

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651478348     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2010.01119.x     Document Type: Article

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