Imageability, age of acquisition, and frequency factors in acronym comprehension

Playfoot, D; Izura, C; Izura, Cristina; Playfoot, David

doi:10.1080/17470218.2012.731073

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Imageability, age of acquisition, and frequency factors in acronym comprehension

D Playfoot, C Izura, Cristina Izura

, David Playfoot

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, Volume: 66, Issue: 6, Pages: 1131 - 1145

Swansea University Authors: Cristina Izura , David Playfoot

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In spite of their unusual orthographic and phonological form, acronyms (e.g., BBC, HIV, NATO) canbecome familiar to the reader, and their meaning can be accessed well enough that they are understood.The factors in semantic access for acronym stimuli were assessed using a word association task. Twoan...

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Imageability, age of acquisition, and frequency factors in acronym comprehension

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