Grain size in script and teaching: Literacy acquisition in Ge'ez and Latin

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 709-724

  Asfaha, Yonas Mesfun ^a   Kurvers, Jeanne ^a   Kroon, Sjaak ^a  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

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EID: 70450239674     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716409990087     Document Type: Article

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