A reading comprehension formula of reader and text characteristics

Journal of Quantitative Linguistics

Volumn 6, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 214-221

  Mikk, Jaan ^a   Elts, Jaanus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

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EID: 34248752240     PISSN: 09296174     EISSN: 17445035     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1076/jqul.6.3.214.6158     Document Type: Article

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