Past-tense generation from form versus meaning: Behavioural data and simulation evidence

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 55-76

  Woollams, Anna M ^a   Joanisse, Marc ^b   Patterson, Karalyn ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^c MRC COGNITION AND BRAIN SCIENCES UNIT   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Frequency; Inflection; Morphology; Past tense; Regularity; Semantics

Indexed keywords

EID: 67349143375     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2009.02.002     Document Type: Article

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