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Anchoring Agreement in Comprehension

  1. Simona Mancini1,†,
  2. Nicola Molinaro2,
  3. Manuel Carreiras1,2,3

Article first published online: 24 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1111/lnc3.12008

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Language and Linguistics Compass

Language and Linguistics Compass

Volume 7, Issue 1, pages 1–21, January 2013

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Mancini, S., Molinaro, N. and Carreiras, M. (2013), Anchoring Agreement in Comprehension. Language and Linguistics Compass, 7: 1–21. doi: 10.1111/lnc3.12008

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  1. 1

    Basque Center on Cognition Brain and Language

  2. 2

    Ikerbasque, Basque Foundation for Science

  3. 3

    Departamento de Filología Vasca, UPV/EHU

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