Orthographic constraints on phonological awareness in biliteracy development

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 110-130

  Reddy, Pooja P ^a   Koda, Keiko ^b  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphasyllabary; Biliteracy; Kannada; Phonological awareness; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84880371753     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2012.748639     Document Type: Article

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