Are alliterative word combinations comparatively easy to remember for adult learners?

RELC Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 127-135

  Boers, Frank ^a   Lindstromberg, Seth ^b   Eyckmans, June ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b Hilderstone College   (United Kingdom)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

alliteration; engagement; multiword units; recall

Indexed keywords

EID: 84860687889     PISSN: 00336882     EISSN: 1745526X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0033688212439997     Document Type: Article

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