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Elizabeth and John: sound patterns of men's and women's names1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 November 2008

Anne Cutler
Affiliation:
MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, U.K.
James McQueen
Affiliation:
MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, U.K.
Ken Robinson
Affiliation:
MRC Applied Psychology Unit, Cambridge, U.K.

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