Automatic Evaluation of Novel Words: The Role of Superficial Phonetics

Journal of Language and Social Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 414-433

  Teresa Garcia, Magda ^c   Bargh, John A ^a,b  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Automatic; Evaluation; Impression formation; Phonetics

Indexed keywords

EID: 0242593180     PISSN: 0261927X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0261927X03258192     Document Type: Article

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