Fillers as Signals: Evidence From a Question-Answering Paradigm

Discourse Processes

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 264-286

  Walker, Esther J ^a   Risko, Evan F ^b   Kingstone, Alan ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

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EID: 84897051085     PISSN: 0163853X     EISSN: 15326950     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0163853X.2013.862478     Document Type: Article

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