Dialect and Authography: Some Differences between American and British Spellers

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1423-1430

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a,d   Barry, Christopher ^b,c,e  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF KENT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; HEARING; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

ADULT; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; TASK PERFORMANCE AND ANALYSIS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034328616     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.26.6.1423     Document Type: Article

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