Quantification and ACD: Evidence from real-time sentence processing

Journal of Semantics

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 145-206

  Hackl, Martin ^a   Koster hale, Jorie ^a   Varvoutis, Jason ^a  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

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EID: 84861830430     PISSN: 01675133     EISSN: 14774593     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jos/ffr009     Document Type: Article

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