Exploring the relations between word frequency, language exposure, and bilingualism in a computational model of reading

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 93, Issue , 2017, Pages 1-21

  Monaghan, Padraic ^a,b   Chang, Ya Ning ^a   Welbourne, Stephen ^c   Brysbaert, Marc ^d  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLINGUISTICS   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^d GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Bilingualism; Computational modelling; Frequency effects; Individual differences; Lifespan development; Reading

Indexed keywords

BILINGUALISM; EXPOSURE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LANGUAGE PROCESSING; LIFESPAN; LINGUISTICS; STATISTICAL MODEL;

EID: 84986912692     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jml.2016.08.003     Document Type: Article

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