The Fragility of the Alphabetic Principle: Children's Knowledge of Letter Names Can Cause Them to Spell Syllabically Rather Than Alphabetically

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 425-451

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a   Tincoff, Ruth ^b  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE

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EID: 0031494962     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jecp.1996.2353     Document Type: Article

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