Effects of language background on the learning of Chinese characters among foreign language students

Foreign Language Annals

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 91-102

  Ke, Chuanren ^a,b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

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EID: 33748351590     PISSN: 0015718X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1944-9720.1998.tb01335.x     Document Type: Article

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