The Primacy of Morphology in English Braille Spelling: An Analysis of Bridging Contractions

Autor/inn/en	Englebretson, Robert; Holbrook, M. Cay; Treiman, Rebecca; Fischer-Baum, Simon
Titel	The Primacy of Morphology in English Braille Spelling: An Analysis of Bridging Contractions
Quelle	(2023), (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Englebretson, Robert) ORCID (Holbrook, M. Cay) ORCID (Treiman, Rebecca) ORCID (Fischer-Baum, Simon) Weitere Informationen
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Monographie
Schlagwörter	Morphology (Languages); Braille; Spelling; Elementary School Students; Students with Disabilities; English; Orthographic Symbols; Blindness + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Morphology; Morphologie; Schreibweise; Student; Students; Disability; Disabilities; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Behinderung; English language; Englisch; Blindheit
Abstract	This study examines the use of braille contractions in a corpus of spelling tests from braille-reading children in grades 1-4, with particular attention to braille contractions that create mismatches with morphological structure. Braille is a tactile writing system that enables people who are blind or visually impaired to read and write. In English and many other languages, reading and writing braille is not simply a matter of transliterating between print letters and their braille equivalents; Unified English Braille (the official braille system used in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and several other English-speaking countries) contains 180 contractions--one or more braille cells that represent whole words or strings of letters. In some words, the prescriptive rules for correct braille usage cause contractions to bridge morphological boundaries and to obscure the spellings of stems and affixes. We demonstrate that, when the prescriptive rules for correct braille usage flout morphological structure, young braille spellers generally follow the morphology rather than the orthographic rules. This work establishes that morphology matters for young braille learners. We discuss the potential impact of our findings on braille research, development, and pedagogy, and we suggest ways in which our findings contribute to understanding the nature of orthographic morphemes and the place of braille in the reading sciences. [This is the online first version of an article published in "Morphology."] (As Provided).
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2024/1/01