The learnability of the alphabetic principle: Children's initial hypotheses about how print represents spoken language

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 401-426

  Byrne, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW ENGLAND   (Australia)

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EID: 0030300506     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400008171     Document Type: Article

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