The role of semantic transparency in the processing of English compound words

British Journal of Psychology

Volumn 99, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 87-107

  Frisson, Steven ^a   Niswander Klement, Elizabeth ^b   Pollatsek, Alexander ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DECISION MAKING; EYE MOVEMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

CHILD; EYE MOVEMENTS; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; SEMANTICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION; VOCABULARY;

EID: 39449092617     PISSN: 20448295     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/000712607X181304     Document Type: Article

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