Morphology and Spelling in French Students with Dyslexia: The Case of Silent Final Letters

Autor/inn/en	Quémart, Pauline; Casalis, Séverine
Titel	Morphology and Spelling in French Students with Dyslexia: The Case of Silent Final Letters
Quelle	In: Annals of Dyslexia, 67 (2017) 1, S.85-98 (14 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0736-9387
DOI	10.1007/s11881-016-0133-3
Schlagwörter	Spelling; Dyslexia; Morphology (Languages); Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence; French; Early Adolescents; Preadolescents + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibweise; Dyslexics; Legasthenie; Lese-Rechtschreib-Schwäche; Morphology; Morphologie; Französisch; Pre-adolescence; Präadoleszenz
Abstract	Spelling is a challenge for individuals with dyslexia. Phoneme-to-grapheme correspondence rules are highly inconsistent in French, which make them very difficult to master, in particular for dyslexics. One recurrent manifestation of this inconsistency is the presence of silent letters at the end of words. Many of these silent letters perform a morphological function. The current study examined whether students with dyslexia (aged between 10 and 15 years) benefit from the morphological status of silent final letters when spelling. We compared, their ability to spell words with silent final letters that are either morphologically justified (e.g., "tricot," "knit," where the final "t" is pronounced in morphologically related words such as" tricoter," "to knit" and "tricoteur" "knitter") or not morphologically justified (e.g., "effort," "effort") to that of a group of younger children matched for reading and spelling level. Results indicated that the dyslexic students' spelling of silent final letters was impaired in comparison to the control group. Interestingly, morphological status helped the dyslexics improve the accuracy of their choice of final letters, contrary to the control group. This finding provides new evidence of morphological processing in dyslexia during spelling. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01