Understanding Causality and Temporal Sequence in Scientific Discourse

The Psychology of Science Text Comprehension

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 155-178

  León, José A ^a   Peñalb, Gala E ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

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DOI: 10.4324/9781410612434-15     Document Type: Chapter

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