Frequency of occurrence for units of phonemes, morae, and syllables appearing in a lexical corpus of a Japanese newspaper

Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, and Computers

Volumn 36, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 531-547

  Tamaoka, Katsuo ^a   Makioka, Shogo ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Osaka Prefecture University   (Japan)

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EID: 12344279425     PISSN: 07433808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03195600     Document Type: Review

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