The specific-word frequency effect in speech production: Evidence from Spanish and French

Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 750-771

  Cuetos, Fernando ^a   Bonin, Patrick ^b   Alameda, José Ramón ^c   Caramazza, Alfonso ^d,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE BOURGOGNE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

^d HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Homophones; Lexical access; Picture naming

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPAIN; SPEECH ANALYSIS;

FEMALE; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; SEMANTICS; SPAIN; SPEECH PRODUCTION MEASUREMENT; VOCABULARY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949557889     PISSN: 17470218     EISSN: 17470226     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17470210903121663     Document Type: Article

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