Translation ambiguity in and out of context

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 93-111

  Prior, Anat ^a   Wintner, Shuly ^a   Macwhinney, Brian ^b   Lavie, Alon ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 79951769781     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716410000305     Document Type: Article

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