Priming Prepositional Phrase Attachment: Evidence from Eye-Tracking and Event-Related Potentials
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Priming prepositional-phrase attachment during comprehension.
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عنوان ژورنال: Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1747-0218,1747-0226
DOI: 10.1080/17470218.2013.815237