Lexical stress and reading: A study with children

Electronic Journal of Research in Educational Psychology

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 143-160

  Palma, Nicolás Gutiérrez ^a   Reyes, Alfonso Palma ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JAÉN   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Children; Lexical access; Lexical stress; Reading

Indexed keywords

EID: 34247350204     PISSN: 16995880     EISSN: 16962095     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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