Verb aspect and the activation of event knowledge.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition
سال: 2007
ISSN: 1939-1285,0278-7393
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.33.1.182