Differentiating phonotactic probability and neighborhood density in adult word learning

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 1175-1192

  Storkel, Holly L ^a   Armbrüster, Jonna ^a   Hogan, Tiffany P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood density; Phonotactic probability; Vocabulary; Word learning

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; HUMAN; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; STATISTICS; VISION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; VERBAL LEARNING; VISUAL PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33847725512     PISSN: 10924388     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1044/1092-4388(2006/085)     Document Type: Article

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