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Direct linkTaouka, Miriam; Coltheart, Max – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2004
Semitic writing systems such as that used to write Arabic are unique among st alphabetic writing systems in that in Semitic systems short vowels are represented as diacritics on consonant letters, and not represented at Allin text intended for skilled readers. Arabic is unique here in that the letter used to represent a consonant differs in shape…
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Reading Instruction, Reading Skills, Semitic Languages
