Spoilt for choice: initially considering several referential expressions affects subsequent referential decisions
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
سال: 2017
ISSN: 2327-3798,2327-3801
DOI: 10.1080/23273798.2017.1400080