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Minimization of dependency length in written English
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- Authors
- Temperley, D.
- Venue
- Cognition
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2007-11
- Volume
- 105
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 300-333
- ISSN
- 0010-0277 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2124797789
- Cited by
- 166
- References
- 2
- FWCI
- 14.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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