Syllables and Morphemes: Contrasting Frequency Effects in Spanish

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 545-555

  Alvarez, Carlos J ^a   Carreiras, Manuel ^a   Taft, Marcus ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE LA LAGUNA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; READING; RECALL; SEMANTICS; SPAIN;

ADULT; ATTENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MENTAL RECALL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS; SPAIN; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 0035290147     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0278-7393.27.2.545     Document Type: Article

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