The malay lexicon project: A database of lexical statistics for 9,592 words

Behavior Research Methods

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 992-1003

  Yap, Melvin J ^a   Rickard Liow, Susan J ^a   Jalil, Sajlia Binte ^b   Faizal, Siti Syuhada Binte ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b CHANGI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASIAN; DECISION MAKING; FACTUAL DATABASE; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING;

ADULT; ASIAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; DATABASES, FACTUAL; DECISION MAKING; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 78650701475     PISSN: 1554351X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/BRM.42.4.992     Document Type: Article

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