Word Knowledge in a Theory of Reading Comprehension
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ISSN: 1088-8438 (Print) 1532-799X (Online) Journal homepage: http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/hssr20 Word Knowledge in a Theory of Reading Comprehension Charles Perfetti & Joseph Stafura To cite this article: Charles Perfetti & Joseph Stafura (2014) Word Knowledge in a Theory of Reading Comprehension, Scientific Studies of Reading, 18:1, 22-37, DOI: 10.1080/10888438.2013.827687 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2013.827687
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