Linguistic distance and initial reading acquisition: The case of Arabic diglossia

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 431-451

  Saiegh Haddad, Elinor ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 0141767035     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716403000225     Document Type: Article

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