Absence of syllable effects: Monosyllabic words are easier than multisyllabic words

Perceptual and Motor Skills

Volumn 93, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 73-77

  Lee, Chang H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; RANDOMIZATION; RECOGNITION; VISION;

HUMANS; RANDOM ALLOCATION; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 0035431836     PISSN: 00315125     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2466/pms.2001.93.1.73     Document Type: Article

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