Causal Coherence Relations and Levels of Discourse Representation

Discourse Processes

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 501-522

  Mulder, Gerben ^a   Sanders, Ted J M ^b  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 84864679456     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0163853X.2012.692655     Document Type: Article

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