Morphological constancy in spelling: A comparison of children with dyslexia and typically developing children

Dyslexia

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 155-169

  Bourassa, Derrick C ^a   Treiman, Rebecca ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WINNIPEG   (Canada)

^b WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dyslexia; English writing system; Morphology; Spelling; Spelling level match

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTELLIGENCE QUOTIENT; LANGUAGE; MALE; MORPHOLOGY; PHONEME; SOUND; SPELLING; STIMULUS;

ACHIEVEMENT; CHILD; DYSLEXIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REFERENCE VALUES; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; WRITING;

EID: 51549106269     PISSN: 10769242     EISSN: 10990909     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dys.368     Document Type: Conference Paper

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