A cross-sectional comparison of the effects of phonotactic probability and neighborhood density on word learning by preschool children

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 63, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 100-116

  Hoover, Jill R ^a   Storkel, Holly L ^b   Hogan, Tiffany P ^c  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Neighborhood density; Phonotactic probability; Preschool children; Vocabulary; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 77951658821     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.02.003     Document Type: Article

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