Phonological similarity influences word learning in adults learning Spanish as a foreign language

Bilingualism

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 490-502

  Stamer, Melissa K ^a   Vitevitch, Michael S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; neighborhood density; Spanish; word learning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84861872560     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728911000216     Document Type: Article

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