Exploring the relationship between morphological awareness, cognitive processing and spelling

Studies carried out in alphabetic languages show that the ability to reflect upon morphemes, morphological awareness, is related to the success in recognizing words and comprehension in reading and spelling. Portuguese is a language with a fairy normal orthography in terms of letter-sound correspond...

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Autor: MOTA, Márcia Maria Peruzzi Elia da
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2012
País:Brasil
Institución:Pontifícia Universidade Católica de Campinas (PUC-CAMPINAS)
Repositorio:Estudos de Psicologia (Campinas)
Idioma:portugués
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br:article/8744
Acceso en línea:https://periodicos.puc-campinas.edu.br/estpsi/article/view/8744
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Literacy
Cognition
Metalinguistic awareness
Spelling
Alfabetização
Cognição. Consciência metalinguística
Escrita
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Sumario:Studies carried out in alphabetic languages show that the ability to reflect upon morphemes, morphological awareness, is related to the success in recognizing words and comprehension in reading and spelling. Portuguese is a language with a fairy normal orthography in terms of letter-sound correspondence rules. This study investigated whether morphological awareness helps with spelling in Portuguese and whether this contribution is independent of other cognitive aspects of language such as vocabulary and memory. The sample was composed of children from the 2nd and 3rd grades. The Pearson correlation results showed that morphological awareness is associated with spelling; when memory and vocabulary are controlled this relationship is significant.