
Beginning to Spell
A Study of First-Grade Children
Rebecca Treiman(Author)
Oxford University Press Inc
Published on 4. February 1993
Book
Hardback
384 pages
978-0-19-506219-9 (ISBN)
Description
This groundbreaking study on the psycholinguistics of spelling presents the author's original empirical research on spelling and supplies the theoretical framework necessary to understand how children's ability to write is related to their ability to speak a language. The author explores areas in a field dominated by work traditionally concerned with the psychodynamics of reading skills and, in so doing, highlights the importance of learning to spell for both psycholinguists and educators, since as they begin to spell, children attempt to represent the phonological, or sound form, of words. The study of children's spelling can shed light on the nature of phonological systems and can illuminate the way sounds are organized into larger units, such as syllables and words. Research on children's spelling leads directly to an understanding of the way phonological knowledge is acquired and how phonological systems change with the development of reading and writing ability. In addition to this insight concerning cognitive processes, the findings presented here have implications for how spelling should be taught and why some writing systems are easier to master than others. The work will interest a wide range of cognitive and developmental psychologists, psycholinguists, and educational psychologists, as well as linguists and educators interested in psycholinguistics.
Reviews / Votes
an exhaustive analysis of the spellings of 43 first-grade children in one teacher's class over a two-year period. * Special Education Centre *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
line drawings and tables
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
766 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-506219-9 (9780195062199)
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E-Book
10/1992
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€117.99
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Person
Rebecca Treiman is Professor of Psychology at Wayne State University. She received an undergraduate degree in linguistics from Yale University and a Ph.D. in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on spoken language, written language, and the relationship between them.
Content
1: Introduction
2: Spelling of Words
3: Spelling of Phonemes: Correct Spellings, Legal Substitutions, and Illegal Substitutions
4: Vowels
5: Consonants
6: The Influence of Orthography on Children's Spelling of Vowels and Consonants
7: Vowel Omissions
8: Consonant Omissions
9: Reversals
10: Inflected and Derived Words
11: Conclusions and Implications
2: Spelling of Words
3: Spelling of Phonemes: Correct Spellings, Legal Substitutions, and Illegal Substitutions
4: Vowels
5: Consonants
6: The Influence of Orthography on Children's Spelling of Vowels and Consonants
7: Vowel Omissions
8: Consonant Omissions
9: Reversals
10: Inflected and Derived Words
11: Conclusions and Implications