Beyond zebra: Preschoolers' knowledge about letters

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 391-409

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a   Tincoff, Ruth ^b   Richmond Welty, E Daylene ^b  

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

^b NONE

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EID: 0031542131     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0142716400010900     Document Type: Article

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