Alphabetism in reading science

Frontiers in Psychology

Volumn 5, Issue JUL, 2014, Pages

  Share, David L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAIFA   (Israel)

Author keywords

Alphabetism; Anglocentrism; Language; Learning to read; Orthography; Reading; Writing systems

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904740812     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16641078     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00752     Document Type: Note

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