R u txting? Is the use of text speak hurting your literacy?

Journal of Literacy Research

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 46-67

  Drouin, Michelle ^a   Davis, Claire ^b  

^a INDIANA UNIVERSITY PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE   (United States)

^b HASKINS LABORATORIES   (United States)

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EID: 75149115699     PISSN: 1086296X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10862960802695131     Document Type: Article

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