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The use of rhyme in learning/memory and cognitive studies is extensive. However, there are very few normative studies for words that rhyme. The current study rectified this problem by collecting rhyme norms for 477 words from 545 subjects. Groups of subjects were given 40 words in serial order and requested, for each word, to generate as many rhymes as possible within a 30-sec interval. The data include several rhyme measures as well as measures of other word attributes that were taken from other sources. In addition, the rhyme responses to the target words were given along with their Thomdike and Lorge (1944) and Kučera and Francis (1967) normative frequencies. Finally, the data were used to investigate various relationships including the spew hypothesis and the accessibility of rhyme sets.
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I thank Hajime Otani, and reviewers Cathy McEvoy and Guy Van Orden, for their helpful comments. I also thank Mel Taylor for his invaluable computer assistance.
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Libkuman, T.M. Norms for words that rhyme. Behavior Research Methods, Instruments, & Computers 26, 278–322 (1994). https://doi.org/10.3758/BF03204638
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