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A study of the cuessing frequencies for 'homographic' nonsense words with experimentally produced meanings

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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.

Full Title
A study of the cuessing frequencies for 'homographic' nonsense words with experimentally produced meanings
Member of
Theses and Dissertations
Contributor(s)
Creator: Reisner, Phyllis
Thesis advisor: Rubenstein, Herbert
Publisher
Lehigh University
Date Issued
1970-01
Language
English
Type
Text
Genre
theses
Form
electronic documents
Department name
Sociology
Digital Format
electronic documents
Media type
application/pdf
Creator role
Graduate Student
Keywords
Psychology

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@mastersthesis{reisner1970,
  title = {A study of the cuessing frequencies for 'homographic' nonsense words with experimentally produced meanings},
  author = {Reisner, Phyllis},
  year = {1970},
  month = jan,
  publisher = {Lehigh University},
  keywords = {Psychology},
  abstract = {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.},
  language = {English},
}