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Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process

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Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process. / Scholman, Merel; Blything, Liam; Cain, Kate et al.
In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, Vol. 37, No. 10, 30.11.2022, p. 1277-1291.

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Scholman, M, Blything, L, Cain, K, Hoek, J & Evers-Vermeul, J 2022, 'Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process', Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, vol. 37, no. 10, pp. 1277-1291. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2022.2077971

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Scholman, M., Blything, L., Cain, K., Hoek, J., & Evers-Vermeul, J. (2022). Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience, 37(10), 1277-1291. https://doi.org/10.1080/23273798.2022.2077971

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Scholman M, Blything L, Cain K, Hoek J, Evers-Vermeul J. Discourse Rules: The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process. Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 2022 Nov 30;37(10):1277-1291. Epub 2022 May 29. doi: 10.1080/23273798.2022.2077971

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Scholman, Merel ; Blything, Liam ; Cain, Kate et al. / Discourse Rules : The Effects of Clause Order Principles on the Reading Process. In: Language, Cognition and Neuroscience. 2022 ; Vol. 37, No. 10. pp. 1277-1291.

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