Context sensitivity in the spelling of English vowels

Journal of Memory and Language

Volumn 47, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 448-468

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a   Kessler, Brett ^a   Bick, Suzanne ^a  

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

Author keywords

Rimes; Sound to spelling correspondence; Spelling; Syllables; Vowels

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036771918     PISSN: 0749596X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0749-596X(02)00010-4     Document Type: Article

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