The effect of Urdu vocabulary size on the acquisition of single word reading in English

Educational Psychology

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 165-190

  Mumtaz, Shazia ^a   Humphreys, Glyn W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84937376278     PISSN: 01443410     EISSN: 14695820     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01443410120115247     Document Type: Article

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