Acceptability ratings of regular and irregular past-tense forms: Evidence for a dual-system model of language from word frequency and phonological neighbourhood effects

Language and Cognitive Processes

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 47-67

  Ullman, Michael T ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0033476572     PISSN: 01690965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/016909699386374     Document Type: Article

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