Orthography as a handicap? A direct comparison of spelling acquisition in Danish and Icelandic

Scandinavian Journal of Psychology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 263-272

  Juul, Holger ^a   Sigurdsson, Baldur ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ICELAND   (Iceland)

Author keywords

Consonant clusters; Consonant doublets; Danish; Icelandic; Orthographic depth; Spelling

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COGNITION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; ICELAND; LANGUAGE; LEARNING; LINGUISTICS; MALE;

ADULT; COGNITION; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMANS; ICELAND; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; VERBAL LEARNING;

EID: 18144372410     PISSN: 00365564     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9450.2005.00456.x     Document Type: Article

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