Cognitive and linguistic constraints on phoneme isolation in Dutch kindergartners

Learning and Instruction

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 391-403

  de Graaff, Saskia ^a   Hasselman, Fred ^a   Bosman, Anna M T ^a   Verhoeven, Ludo ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY NIJMEGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Kindergartners; Phoneme class; Phoneme position; Phonemic awareness; Sonority

Indexed keywords

EID: 43649093165     PISSN: 09594752     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.learninstruc.2007.08.001     Document Type: Article

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