This turnip's not for turning: Children's morphological awareness and their use of root morphemes in spelling

British Journal of Developmental Psychology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 567-575

  Deacon, S Hélène ^a,b   Bryant, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 33748323115     PISSN: 0261510X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1348/026151005X50834     Document Type: Article

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