Grammar and phonology predict spelling in middle childhood

Reading and Writing

Volumn 9, Issue 5-6, 1997, Pages 407-425

  Muter, Valerie ^a   Snoweing, Margaret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Grammatical awareness; Orthographic knowledge; Phonological awareness; Spelling

Indexed keywords

EID: 0012625894     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/a:1007947129554     Document Type: Article

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