Syntactic awareness and reading ability: Is there any evidence for a special relationship?

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 679-694

  Cain, Kate ^a,b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 34848902061     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716407070361     Document Type: Article

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