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Cognitive processing of Chinese characters, words, sentences and Japanese kanji and kana: An introduction

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    Che Kan Leong

  2. Hiroshima Univeristy, Japan

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Leong, C.K., Tamaoka, K. Cognitive processing of Chinese characters, words, sentences and Japanese kanji and kana: An introduction. Reading and Writing 10, 155–164 (1998). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008044304939

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