Reading and spelling development in transparent alphabetic orthographies: Points of convergence, divergence and arising issues

Contemporary Perspectives on Reading and Spelling

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 134-148

  Babayiǧit, Selma ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.4324/9780203877838     Document Type: Chapter

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