Experimental approaches to referential domains and the on-line processing of referring expressions in unscripted conversation

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Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 302-326

  Brown Schmidt, Sarah ^a   Konopka, Agnieszka E ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Comprehension; Conversation; Eye tracking; Modification; Production; Scalar

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL APPROACHES; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; ONLINE PROCESSING; REFERRING EXPRESSIONS;

EYE TRACKING;

EID: 84881111812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20782489     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/info2020302     Document Type: Article

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