Younger and Older Adults' Use of Verb Aspect and World Knowledge in the Online Interpretation of Discourse

Discourse Processes

Volumn 50, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-22

  Mozuraitis, Mindaugas ^a   Chambers, Craig G ^a   Daneman, Meredyth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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EID: 84872391944     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0163853X.2012.726184     Document Type: Article

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