Biliteracy acquisition in Kannada and English: A developmental study

Writing Systems Research

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 132-147

  Nakamura, Pooja R ^a   Koda, Keiko ^b   Joshi, R Malatesha ^c  

^a AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH   (United States)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alphasyllabary; Comprehension; Kannada; Transfer

Indexed keywords

EID: 84894551147     PISSN: 17586801     EISSN: 1758681X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17586801.2013.855620     Document Type: Article

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