Consequences of erudite vernacular utilized irrespective of necessity: Problems with using long words needlessly

Applied Cognitive Psychology

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 139-156

  Oppenheimer, Daniel M ^a  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPREHENSION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; GRAMMAR; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; INTELLIGENCE; LINGUISTICS; MENTAL PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RATING SCALE; READING; SCORING SYSTEM; SEMANTICS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WRITING;

EID: 33645211951     PISSN: 08884080     EISSN: 10990720     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/acp.1178     Document Type: Article

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