Newness, givenness and discourse updating: Evidence from eye movements

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 71, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-16

  Benatar, Ashley ^a   Clifton, Charles ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Discourse representation; Discourse updating; Focus; Givenness; Information status; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 84887527935     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2013.10.003     Document Type: Article

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