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Publication details [#6206]

Liberg, Caroline. 1983. The nature and the acquisition of the alphabetic code. Studies in Communication 6 : 87–110.

Publication type

Article in journal

Publication language

English

Keywords

alphabetic code, L1-acquisition of | oral vs. written | writing, L1-acquisition of | written language, processing of

Annotation

An attempt to develop a hypothesis on how humans acquire and process written language. The relation of spoken and written language, the question of how language in general is acquired, and data from children cracking the alphabetic code without formal instruction, are considered.