Reading development and dyslexia in a transparent orthography: A survey of Spanish children

Annals of Dyslexia

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 179-198

  Davies, Robert ^a,c   Cuetos, Fernando ^a   Glez Seijas, Rosa Mary ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OVIEDO   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF A CORUÑA   (Spain)

^c OXFORD BROOKES UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Development; Dyslexia; Frequency; Length; Neighbourhood; Reading; Spanish

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUE; SEMANTICS; SPAIN; WRITING;

CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; PHONETICS; REACTION TIME; READING; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; SPAIN; VOCABULARY; WRITING;

EID: 38449118359     PISSN: 07369387     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11881-007-0010-1     Document Type: Article

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