Chinese characters: Semantic and phonetic regularity norms for China, Singapore, and Taiwan

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 155-177

  Rickard Liow, Susan J ^a   Tng, Siok Keng ^a   Lee, Cher Leng ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHINA; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN;

CHINA; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SINGAPORE; TAIWAN;

EID: 0033070738     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03207706     Document Type: Article

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