Word frequency effects in oral reading are not merely age-of-acquisition effects in disguise

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 267-283

  Gerhand, Simon ^a   Barry, Christopher ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 0032366948     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.24.2.267     Document Type: Article

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