On the locus of the syllable frequency effect in speech production

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 178-196

  Laganaro, Marina ^a   Alario, F Xavier ^b  

^a GENEVA UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS   (Switzerland)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Language production; Naming; Phonology; Speech; Syllable frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745805513     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.05.001     Document Type: Article

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