This Turnip's Not for Turning: Children's Morphological Awareness and Their Use of Root Morphemes in Spelling

Autor/inn/en	Deacon, S. Helene; Bryant, Peter
Titel	This Turnip's Not for Turning: Children's Morphological Awareness and Their Use of Root Morphemes in Spelling
Quelle	In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24 (2006) 3, S.567-575 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0261-510X
DOI	10.1348/026151005X50834
Schlagwörter	Spelling; Morphemes; Children; Morphology (Languages) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibweise; Morphem; Child; Kind; Kinder; Morphology; Morphologie
Abstract	We report on a study designed to examine children's understanding of (1) the connection between root morphemes and the spelling of inflected words and (2) the role of morphological awareness in this understanding. Seven- to 9-year-old children were given clues (e.g. "turn") to the spelling of inflected and control words (e.g. "turning" and "turnip"). While the use of the clue was not specific to inflected words, spelling was better of the first segments (e.g. "turn") of the inflected than of the control words. This difference suggests that children appreciate the role of root morphemes in spelling of inflected words. Further, it seems that morphological awareness is employed in the spelling of a wide range of words. These results are placed in context of current theories of spelling development. (As Provided).
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