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Aksharas, alphasyllabaries, abugidas, alphabets and orthographic depth: Reflections on Rimzhim, Katz and Fowler (2014)

David L. ShareDepartment of Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel;Edmond J. Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, University of Haifa, Haifa, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected]
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Peter T. DanielsIndependent scholar, Jersey City, NJ, USA
Pages 17-31 | Received 10 Mar 2014, Accepted 04 Feb 2015, Published online: 10 Apr 2015

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