Developmental dyslexia in an orthography of intermediate depth: The case of European Portuguese

Reading and Writing

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 791-810

  Sucena, Ana ^a   Castro, São Luís ^b   Seymour, Philip ^c  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Developmental dyslexia; Phonological deficit; Portuguese

Indexed keywords

EID: 71349083849     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-008-9156-4     Document Type: Article

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