A window into early literacy: Exploring the cognitive and linguistic underpinnings of invented spelling

Scientific Studies of Reading

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 195-219

  Ouellette, Gene P ^a   Sénéchal, Monique ^b  

^a MOUNT ALLISON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b CARLETON UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 45849095716     PISSN: 10888438     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10888430801917324     Document Type: Article

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