Lexical and Prosodic Effects on Syntactic Ambiguity Resolution in Aphasia
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
سال: 2011
ISSN: 0090-6905,1573-6555
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-011-9191-1