Syllable frequency in lexical decision and naming of English words

Reading and Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 295-331

  Macizo, Pedro ^a   Van Petten, Cyma ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood; Orthographic syllable; Orthography; Phonology; Similarity; Syllable; Syllable frequency

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247846130     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9032-z     Document Type: Article

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