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Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers
This study investigates the effects of two sublexical variables, syllable frequency, and word length, in the spelling acquisition of novice spellers dealing with a transparent orthography, such as Italian. Two groups of 1 st-grade Italian children were tested respectively after 4 and 8 months of sch...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277700 |
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author | Iaia, Marika Marinelli, Chiara Valeria Vizzi, Francesca Angelelli, Paola |
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description | This study investigates the effects of two sublexical variables, syllable frequency, and word length, in the spelling acquisition of novice spellers dealing with a transparent orthography, such as Italian. Two groups of 1 st-grade Italian children were tested respectively after 4 and 8 months of schooling, with a spelling-to-dictation task of single words created ad hoc by manipulating syllable frequency orthogonally (high vs low frequency of the first syllable) and length (short vs long words). The results show that after only four months of schooling, children could offset their difficulty in writing long words by taking advantage of the high frequency of the initial syllable. However, the regularity of Italian spelling makes it easy to capture fine-sized phoneme-to-grapheme units, rendering the syllable effect no longer detectable in more schooled children. |
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spelling | pubmed-96627102022-11-15 Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers Iaia, Marika Marinelli, Chiara Valeria Vizzi, Francesca Angelelli, Paola PLoS One Research Article This study investigates the effects of two sublexical variables, syllable frequency, and word length, in the spelling acquisition of novice spellers dealing with a transparent orthography, such as Italian. Two groups of 1 st-grade Italian children were tested respectively after 4 and 8 months of schooling, with a spelling-to-dictation task of single words created ad hoc by manipulating syllable frequency orthogonally (high vs low frequency of the first syllable) and length (short vs long words). The results show that after only four months of schooling, children could offset their difficulty in writing long words by taking advantage of the high frequency of the initial syllable. However, the regularity of Italian spelling makes it easy to capture fine-sized phoneme-to-grapheme units, rendering the syllable effect no longer detectable in more schooled children. Public Library of Science 2022-11-14 /pmc/articles/PMC9662710/ /pubmed/36374921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277700 Text en © 2022 Iaia et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Iaia, Marika Marinelli, Chiara Valeria Vizzi, Francesca Angelelli, Paola Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers |
title | Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers |
title_full | Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers |
title_fullStr | Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers |
title_full_unstemmed | Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers |
title_short | Spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: The facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers |
title_sort | spelling acquisition in a consistent orthography: the facilitatory effect of syllable frequency in novice spellers |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9662710/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36374921 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0277700 |
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