Orthography and reading speed: Data from native readers of kannada

Reading and Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 101-120

  Karanth, Prathibha ^a   Mathew, Anu ^b   Kurien, Priya ^c  

^a Samvaad Institute of Speech and Hearing   (India)

^b MSPCC   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Frequency; Imageability; Kannada; Orthography; Reading speed

Indexed keywords

EID: 4043116958     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/b:read.0000013822.44739.c4     Document Type: Article

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