Reading into reading research through nonalphabetic lenses: Evidence from the Indian languages

Topics in Language Disorders

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 20-31

  Karanth, Prathibha ^a  

^a MVS College of Speech and Hearing   (India)

Author keywords

Acquisition; Alphasyllabaries; Disorders; Implications for models; Reading; Remedial intervention; Teaching

Indexed keywords

EID: 0036860517     PISSN: 02718294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00011363-200211000-00006     Document Type: Article

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