Vowel representation in written Hebrew: Phonological, orthographic and morphological contexts

Reading and Writing

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 241-265

  Schiff, Rachel ^a   Ravid, Dorit ^b  

^a BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Hebrew; Morphology; Orthography; Phonology; Resonance model; Vowels

Indexed keywords

EID: 4344630702     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/B:READ.0000017668.48386.90     Document Type: Article

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