It’s not Just the “Heavy NP”: Relative Phrase Length Modulates the Production of Heavy-NP Shift
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research
سال: 2010
ISSN: 0090-6905,1573-6555
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-010-9163-x