Mora or syllable? Which unit do Japanese use in naming visually presented stimuli?

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 1-27

  Tamaoka, Katsuo ^a   Terao, Yasushi ^b  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHIZUOKA   (Japan)

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EID: 2542615959     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716404001018     Document Type: Article

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