Do children see the danger in dangerous? Grade 4, 6, and 8 children's reading of morphologically complex words

Applied Psycholinguistics

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 467-481

  Deacon, S Hélène ^a   Whalen, Rachel ^b   Kirby, John R ^c  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c QUEEN S UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

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EID: 79960275894     PISSN: 01427164     EISSN: 14691817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0142716411000166     Document Type: Article

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