Age/order of acquisition effects and the cumulative learning of foreign words: A word training study

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 32-58

  Izura, Cristina ^a   Pérez, Miguel A ^b   Agallou, Elizabeth ^a   Wright, Victoria C ^a   Marín, Javier ^b   Stadthagen González, Hans ^c   Ellis, Andrew W ^d  

^a SWANSEA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MURCIA   (Spain)

^c BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Age of acquisition; Cumulative frequency; Frequency; Frequency trajectory; Imageability; Order of acquisition; Second language; Word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 78349304638     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2010.09.002     Document Type: Article

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