Processing unfamiliar words : a study in the perception and production of native and foreign placenames
This thesis sets out to examine some of the linguistic processes which take place when speakers are faced with unfamiliar and potentially foreign place names, and the possible psycholinguistic origins of these processes. It is concluded that lexical networks are used to map from input to output, and...
Main Author: | Fitt, S. E. |
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University of Edinburgh
1997
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Online Access: | http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.650941 |
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