It's not what you hear but how often you hear it: On the neglected role of phonological variant frequency in auditory word recognition

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 1084-1089

  Connine, Cynthia M ^a  

^a BINGHAMTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 21944457047     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BF03196741     Document Type: Article

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