Learning of a formation principle for the secondary phonemic function of a syllabic orthography

Reading and Writing

Volumn 27, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 875-904

  Fletcher Flinn, Claire M ^a   Thompson, G Brian ^b   Yamada, Megumi ^c   Meissel, Kane ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c HOKKAIDO INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Hiragana orthography; Implicit principle; Lexicalised processing; Phonological recoding; Reading acquisition; Reading theory; Universal feature of learning to read

Indexed keywords

EID: 84897573093     PISSN: 09224777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11145-013-9473-0     Document Type: Article

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