Methods for minimizing the confounding effects of word length in the analysis of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 47, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1454-1468

  Storkel, Holly L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Adults; Children; Phonology; Vocabulary selection

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANALYSIS; ARTICLE; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; SPEECH; WORD RECOGNITION;

ADULT; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; CHILD; COGNITION; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MEMORY; PHONETICS; PROBABILITY; SPEECH; SPEECH ACOUSTICS; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY;

EID: 12144253719     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2004/108)     Document Type: Article

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