Are Phonological Representations of Printed and Spoken Language Isomorphic? Evidence From the Restrictions on Unattested Onsets

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 1288-1304

  Berent, Iris ^a  

^a FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

markedness; phonology; reading; sonority; speech perception

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PHONETICS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION; STATISTICAL MODEL;

HUMANS; LINEAR MODELS; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 54949105741     PISSN: 00961523     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0096-1523.34.5.1288     Document Type: Article

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