Simulating cross-language priming with a dynamic computational model of the lexicon

Bilingualism

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 288-303

  Zhao, Xiaowei ^a   Li, Ping ^b  

^a EMMANUEL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

AoA; cross language priming; DevLex II; neural networks; spreading activation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84874896287     PISSN: 13667289     EISSN: 14691841     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1366728912000624     Document Type: Article

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