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Judging the animacy of words: The influence of typicality and age of acquisition in a semantic decision task

Romy RälingCognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, GermanyCorrespondence[email protected]
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Sandra HanneCognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Astrid SchröderCognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany;Duden Institute für Lerntherapie, Berlin, Germany
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Carla KeßlerCognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
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Isabell WartenburgerCognitive Sciences, Department of Linguistics, University of Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany
Pages 2094-2104 | Received 22 Jun 2015, Accepted 08 Aug 2016, Published online: 07 Sep 2016

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