The effects of spelling consistency on phonological awareness: A comparison of English and German

Journal of Experimental Child Psychology

Volumn 92, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 345-365

  Goswami, Usha ^a   Ziegler, Johannes C ^b   Richardson, Ulla ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF JYVÄSKYLÄ   (Finland)

Author keywords

Phoneme; Phonological representation; Rime; Spelling consistency

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AWARENESS; CHILD; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; UNITED KINGDOM; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

AWARENESS; CHILD; ENGLAND; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PHONETICS; VERBAL BEHAVIOR;

EID: 28544444527     PISSN: 00220965     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.06.002     Document Type: Article

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