Comprehension of conversational implicature: What response times tell us

Language Learning and Language Teaching

Volumn 36, Issue , 2013, Pages 19-41

  Taguchi, Naoko ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 84994477472     PISSN: 15699471     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1075/lllt.36.03tag     Document Type: Chapter

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