Statistical patterns in children's early writing

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 104, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 410-426

  Pollo, Tatiana Cury ^a   Kessler, Brett ^a   Treiman, Rebecca ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross linguistic; Portuguese; Prephonological; Print exposure; Spelling; Statistical learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

BRAZIL; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; STATISTICS AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WRITING;

EID: 70349437203     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.07.003     Document Type: Article

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