Context-sensitive rules and word naming in Italian children

Reading and Writing

Volumn 20, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 495-509

  Barca, Laura ^a,b   Ellis, Andrew W ^a   Burani, Cristina ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^b INSTITUTE OF COGNITIVE SCIENCES AND TECHNOLOGIES   (Italy)

Author keywords

Italian language; Orthographic complexity; Word reading aloud; Young readers

Indexed keywords

EID: 34249895899     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-006-9040-z     Document Type: Article

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