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Acronyms are an idiosyncratic part of our everyday vocabulary. Research in word processing has used acronyms as a tool to answer fundamental questions such as the nature of the word superiority effect (WSE) or which is the best way to account for word-reading processes. In this study, acronym naming was assessed by looking at the influence that a number of variables known to affect mainstream w...

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.................................................................................................................................. iii FOREWORD .................................................................................................................................. v ACRONYMS ..................................................................................................................

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........................................................................................................................... iii Executive summary ........................................................................................................... iv Definitions, acronyms, and variables................................................................................. ix

iii LIST OF ACRONYMS iv LIST OF FIGURES v