Learning to spell in an alphasyllabary: The case of Kannada

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 41-52

  Nag, Sonali ^a,b   Treiman, Rebecca ^c   Snowling, Margaret J ^b  

^a The Promise Foundation   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YORK   (United Kingdom)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 78649470814     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/wsr/wsq001     Document Type: Article

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