Learning New Words II: Phonotactic Probability in Verb Learning.

Phonotactic probability, a measure of the likelihood of occurrence of a sound sequence, appears to facilitate noun learning (H.L. Storkel, 2001). Nouns and verbs, however, tend to differ in rate of acquisition, indicating that word-learning mechanisms may differ across grammatical class. The purpose...

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Published in:	Journal of Speech, Language & Hearing Research Vol. 46; no. 6; pp. 1312 - 1324
Main Author:	Storkel, Holly L.
Format:	Article
Published:	American Speech-Language-Hearing Association December 2003
Subjects:	Verbal learning Children's language Vocabulary English phonology
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