Linguistic constraints on children's ability to isolate phonemes in Arabic

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 607-625

  Saiegh Haddad, Elinor ^a  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

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EID: 34848889327     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716407070336     Document Type: Article

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