Reading comprehension and vocabulary: Is vocabulary more important for some aspects of comprehension?

Annee Psychologique

Volumn 114, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 647-662

  Cain, Kate ^a   Oakhill, Jane ^b  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CHILD; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; KNOWLEDGE; LITERACY; MALE; MEMORY; MENTAL TASK; PREDICTIVE VALUE; READING; REVIEW; SCHOOL CHILD; SKILL; VOCABULARY; WORD PROCESSING;

EID: 84921483708     PISSN: 00035033     EISSN: 19552580     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4074/S0003503314004035     Document Type: Review

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