Effect of representational distance between meanings on recognition of ambiguous spoken words

Cognitive Science

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 161-173

  Mirman, Daniel ^a   Strauss, Ted J ^b   Dixon, James A ^c   Magnuson, James S ^c  

^a MOSS REHABILITATION RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW SCHOOL FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambiguity resolution; Eye tracking; Grammatical class; Homonyms; Homophones; Semantic distance; Spoken word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953187538     PISSN: 03640213     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1551-6709.2009.01069.x     Document Type: Article

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