The role of prosodic sensitivity in children's reading development

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 288-303

  Whalley, Karen ^a   Hansen, Julie ^a  

^a QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Prosody; Reading comprehension; Reading development; Suprasegmental phonology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33746023359     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2006.00309.x     Document Type: Article

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