Comprehension of non-conventional indirect requests: An event-related brain potential study

Italian Journal of Linguistics

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 107-124

  Coulson, Seana ^a   Lovett, Christopher ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

ERP; Experimental pragmatics; Indirect requests; Neurolinguistics; Neuropragmatics

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874669319     PISSN: 11202726     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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