Syllabic Parsing in Children: A Developmental Study Using Visual Word-Spotting in Spanish

Autor/inn/en	Álvarez, Carlos J.; Garcia-Saavedra, Guacimara; Luque, Juan L.; Taft, Marcus
Titel	Syllabic Parsing in Children: A Developmental Study Using Visual Word-Spotting in Spanish
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 44 (2017) 2, S.380-401 (22 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
Schlagwörter	Syllables; Word Recognition; Spanish; Role; Task Analysis; Elementary School Students; Grade 2; Grade 6; Reading Processes; Reading Ability; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Silbe; Worterkennung; Spanisch; Rollen; Aufgabenanalyse; School year 02; 2. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 02; School year 06; 6. Schuljahr; Schuljahr 06; Leseprozess; Reading competence; Lesekompetenz; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	Some inconsistency is observed in the results from studies of reading development regarding the role of the syllable in visual word recognition, perhaps due to a disparity between the tasks used. We adopted a word-spotting paradigm, with Spanish children of second grade (mean age: 7 years) and sixth grade (mean age: 11 years). The children were asked to detect one-syllable words that could be found at the beginning of pseudo-words, with the boundary between the word and the remaining letters being manipulated. The end of the embedded word could either match the syllabic boundary (e.g. the word "FIN" in the pseudo-word "FINLO," where the syllable boundary is between "N" and "L") or not (e.g. "FINUS," where the syllable boundary is located between "I" and "N"). The results showed that children of both grades were faster in the syllabic than the non-syllabic condition, and that the magnitude of this effect was the same regardless of reading ability. The results suggest an early universality in the use of syllables in Spanish, regardless of reading level. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01