The dimensionality of phonological abilities in Greek

Reading Research Quarterly

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 127-143

  Papadopoulos, Timothy C ^a   Spanoudis, George ^a   Kendeou, Panayiota ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 65249171010     PISSN: 00340553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1598/RRQ.44.2.2     Document Type: Article

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