The role of inflectional morphology in Canadian children's word reading and spelling

Elementary School Journal

Volumn 109, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 343-358

  Leong, Che Kan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

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EID: 62149090559     PISSN: 00135984     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/593937     Document Type: Article

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