Word familiarity and frequency

Studia Linguistica

Volumn 65, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 96-116

  Tanaka Ishii, Kumiko ^a   Terada, Hiroshi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

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EID: 79952734038     PISSN: 00393193     EISSN: 14679582     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9582.2010.01176.x     Document Type: Article

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