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Pragmatic schemas and conditional reasoning in children

Vittorio Girotto Universitá degli Studi di Padova, (Padua), Italy
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Paul Light University of Southampton, U.K.
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Christopher Colbourn University of Southampton, U.K.
Pages 469-482 | Received 03 Jul 1987, Published online: 29 May 2007

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