Signaling hierarchical and sequential organization in expository text

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 267-284

  Lorch, Robert ^a   Lemarié, Julie ^b   Grant, Russell ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

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EID: 79957820121     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888431003747535     Document Type: Article

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