Syntactic priming of relative clause attachments: Persistence of structural configuration in sentence production

Scheepers, C. (2003) Syntactic priming of relative clause attachments: Persistence of structural configuration in sentence production. Cognition(89), pp. 179-205.

Abstract

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• Item Type: Articles
• Status: Published
• Refereed: Yes
• Glasgow Author(s) Enlighten ID: Scheepers, Dr Christoph
• Authors: Scheepers, C.
• College/School: College of Medical Veterinary and Life Sciences > School of Psychology & Neuroscience; College of Science and Engineering > School of Psychology
• Journal Name: Cognition