The effect of phonemic repetition on syntactic ambiguity resolution: Implications for models of working memory

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 493-516

  Kennison, Shelia M ^a  

^a OKLAHOMA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

memory; phonology; sentence comprehension; syntactic ambiguity

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COGNITION; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

COGNITION; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MEMORY; PHONETICS; SPEECH PERCEPTION;

EID: 8644237448     PISSN: 00906905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10936-004-2668-4     Document Type: Article

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