Perception of Wordlikeness: Effects of Segment Probability and Length on the Processing of Nonwords

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 481-496

  Frisch, Stefan A ^a   Large, Nathan R ^a   Pisoni, David B ^a  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Nonwords; Phonotactics; Recognition memory; Wordlikeness

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001163077     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jmla.1999.2692     Document Type: Article

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