Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children

This study was designed to examine the developmental course of the suffix frequency effect and its role in the development of automatic morpho-lexical access. In Spanish, a highly transparent language from an orthographic point of view, this effect has been shown to be facilitative in adults, but th...

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Authors: Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel, Acha, Joana, de la Rosa, Saray, García, Seila, Sainz Sánchez, Francisco Javier
Format: article
Publication Date:2016
Country:España
Institution:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)
Repository:Docta Complutense
Language:English
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120444
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Morpho-lexical access
Suffix frequency
Reading development
Transparent orthography
Logopedia
Psicolingüística
6104.01 Procesos Cognitivos
6104.04 Psicolingüística
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spelling Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking childrenLázaro López-Villaseñor, MiguelAcha, Joanade la Rosa, SarayGarcía, SeilaSainz Sánchez, Francisco JavierMorpho-lexical accessSuffix frequencyReading developmentTransparent orthographyLogopediaPsicolingüística6104.01 Procesos Cognitivos6104.04 PsicolingüísticaThis study was designed to examine the developmental course of the suffix frequency effect and its role in the development of automatic morpho-lexical access. In Spanish, a highly transparent language from an orthographic point of view, this effect has been shown to be facilitative in adults, but the evidence with children is still inconclusive. A total of 90 2nd, 4th and 6th grade children performed a go/no go lexical decision task, with words containing either high or low frequency suffixes. Results showed significant main effects for grade and for derivative suffix frequency, with no interaction between both. This finding suggests that the suffix frequency effect emerges very early in reading development and that its role is well established from the beginning of reading experience, suggesting that sensitivity to suffix frequency can be a good predictor of a child’s ability to internalize orthographic regularities at an early stage. These findings are interpreted in the light of previous evidence paying special attention to orthographic transparency and morpheme regularity in Spanish language.SpringerUniversidad Complutense de Madrid20162016-01-0120162016-01-01journal articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501AMhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_ab4af688f83e57aainfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14352/120444reponame:Docta Complutenseinstname:Universidad Complutense de Madrid (UCM)Inglésengopen accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:docta.ucm.es:20.500.14352/1204442026-06-02T12:44:21Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
title Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
spellingShingle Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel
Morpho-lexical access
Suffix frequency
Reading development
Transparent orthography
Logopedia
Psicolingüística
6104.01 Procesos Cognitivos
6104.04 Psicolingüística
title_short Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
title_full Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
title_fullStr Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
title_full_unstemmed Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
title_sort Exploring the derivative suffix frequency effect in Spanish speaking children
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel
Acha, Joana
de la Rosa, Saray
García, Seila
Sainz Sánchez, Francisco Javier
author Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel
author_facet Lázaro López-Villaseñor, Miguel
Acha, Joana
de la Rosa, Saray
García, Seila
Sainz Sánchez, Francisco Javier
author_role author
author2 Acha, Joana
de la Rosa, Saray
García, Seila
Sainz Sánchez, Francisco Javier
author2_role author
author
author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Universidad Complutense de Madrid
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Morpho-lexical access
Suffix frequency
Reading development
Transparent orthography
Logopedia
Psicolingüística
6104.01 Procesos Cognitivos
6104.04 Psicolingüística
topic Morpho-lexical access
Suffix frequency
Reading development
Transparent orthography
Logopedia
Psicolingüística
6104.01 Procesos Cognitivos
6104.04 Psicolingüística
description This study was designed to examine the developmental course of the suffix frequency effect and its role in the development of automatic morpho-lexical access. In Spanish, a highly transparent language from an orthographic point of view, this effect has been shown to be facilitative in adults, but the evidence with children is still inconclusive. A total of 90 2nd, 4th and 6th grade children performed a go/no go lexical decision task, with words containing either high or low frequency suffixes. Results showed significant main effects for grade and for derivative suffix frequency, with no interaction between both. This finding suggests that the suffix frequency effect emerges very early in reading development and that its role is well established from the beginning of reading experience, suggesting that sensitivity to suffix frequency can be a good predictor of a child’s ability to internalize orthographic regularities at an early stage. These findings are interpreted in the light of previous evidence paying special attention to orthographic transparency and morpheme regularity in Spanish language.
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