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Words that an individual has experienced frequently are recognized more easily, when presented very briefly or in a noisy backgound. than words experienced less frequently. This word frequency effect has been shown for a variety of verbal materials. In a recent experiment using homographic English words, by Rubenstein, Garfield and Millikan, however, an anomolous result was observed.
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A study of the cuessing frequencies for 'homographic' nonsense words with experimentally produced meanings
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Creator: Reisner, Phyllis
Thesis advisor: Rubenstein, Herbert
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Lehigh University
Date Issued
1970-01
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English
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electronic documents
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Sociology
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electronic documents
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Graduate Student
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Reisner, . P. (1970). A study of the cuessing frequencies for ’homographic’ nonsense words with experimentally produced meanings (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/lehigh-scholarship/graduate-publications-theses-dissertations/theses-dissertations/study-cuessing
Reisner, Phyllis. 1970. “A Study of the Cuessing Frequencies for ’homographic’ Nonsense Words With Experimentally Produced Meanings”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/lehigh-scholarship/graduate-publications-theses-dissertations/theses-dissertations/study-cuessing.
Reisner, Phyllis. A Study of the Cuessing Frequencies for ’homographic’ Nonsense Words With Experimentally Produced Meanings. Jan. 1970, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/lehigh-scholarship/graduate-publications-theses-dissertations/theses-dissertations/study-cuessing.