The case of case: Children's knowledge and use of upper and lowercase letters

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 413-428

  Treiman, Rebecca ^a,b   Kessler, Brett ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Campus Box 1125 ^*  (United States)

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EID: 3142739797     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716404001195     Document Type: Article

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