Effects of adding interword spacing on Chinese reading: A comparison of Chinese native readers and English readers of Chinese as a second language

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 757-775

  Bassetti, Benedetta ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 70450284475     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716409990105     Document Type: Article

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