The mental models theory of language comprehension

Models of Understanding Text

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 313-339

  Garnham, Alan ^a   Oakhill, Jane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

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