Are all Semitic languages immune to letter transpositions? The case of Maltese

Psychonomic Bulletin and Review

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 942-947

  Perea, Manuel ^a   Gatt, Albert ^b   Moret Tatay, Carmen ^c   Fabri, Ray ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VALENCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALTA   (Malta)

^c UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE VALENCIA SAN VICENTE MÁRTIR   (Spain)

Author keywords

Reading; Visual word recognition

Indexed keywords

EID: 84866770636     PISSN: 10699384     EISSN: 15315320     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3758/s13423-012-0273-3     Document Type: Article

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