Three information functions of headings: A test of the SARA theory of signaling

Discourse Processes

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 139-160

  Lorch Jr , Robert F ^a   Lemarié, Julie ^b   Grant, Russell A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 79956194080     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0163853X.2010.503526     Document Type: Article

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