Chinese children's character recognition: Visuo-orthographic, phonological processing and morphological skills

Journal of Research in Reading

Volumn 35, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 287-307

  Li, Hong ^a   Shu, Hua ^a   McBride Chang, Catherine ^b   Liu, Hongyun ^a   Peng, Hong ^c  

^a BEIJING NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c Beijing Disabled Persons' Rehabilitation Service and Guidance Center   (China)

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EID: 84863745147     PISSN: 01410423     EISSN: 14679817     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-9817.2010.01460.x     Document Type: Article

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