The acquisition of mental orthographic representations for reading and spelling development

Communication Disorders Quarterly

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 42-52

  Apel, Kenn ^a  

^a FLORIDA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Mental orthographic representations; Orthography; Reading; Spelling

Indexed keywords

CHILD; HUMAN; LANGUAGE ABILITY; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MENTAL FUNCTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; REVIEW; SPELLING;

EID: 70350554137     PISSN: 15257401     EISSN: 15384837     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1525740108325553     Document Type: Review

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