Mechanisms of semantic ambiguity resolution: Insights from speech perception

Research on Language and Computation

Volumn 6, Issue 3-4, 2008, Pages 293-309

  Mirman, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Homophones; Interactive processing; Lexical effects; Semantic ambiguity resolution; Speech perception

Indexed keywords

EID: 58149335126     PISSN: 15707075     EISSN: 15728706     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11168-008-9055-5     Document Type: Article

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