Title :

Orthographic consistency influences morphological processing in reading aloud: Evidence from a cross-linguistic study

Author(s) :

Mousikou, Petroula [Auteur]
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft
Beyersmann, Elisabeth [Auteur]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]
Ktori, Maria [Auteur]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]
Javourey - Drevet, Ludivine [Auteur]
Apprentissage, Didactique, Evaluation, Formation [ADEF]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]
Crepaldi, Davide [Auteur]
Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati / International School for Advanced Studies [SISSA / ISAS]
Ziegler, Johannes C. [Auteur]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]
Grainger, Jonathan [Auteur]
Laboratoire de psychologie cognitive [LPC]
Schroeder, Sascha [Auteur]
Max-Planck-Gesellschaft

Journal title :

Developmental Science

Abbreviated title :

Dev Sci

Publisher :

Wiley

Publication date :

2020-03-12

ISSN :

1363-755X

Keyword(s) :

Cross-linguistic
Morphology
Orthographic consistency
Reading acquisition
Cross\u2010linguistic

HAL domain(s) :

Sciences de l'Homme et Société/Education

English abstract : [en]

The present study investigated whether morphological processing in reading is influenced by the orthographic consistency of a language or its morphological complexity. Developing readers in Grade 3 and skilled adult readers ...
Show more >The present study investigated whether morphological processing in reading is influenced by the orthographic consistency of a language or its morphological complexity. Developing readers in Grade 3 and skilled adult readers participated in a reading aloud task in four alphabetic orthographies (English, French, German, Italian), which differ in terms of both orthographic consistency and morphological complexity. English is the least consistent, in terms of its spelling\u2010to\u2010sound relationships, as well as the most morphologically sparse, compared to the other three. Two opposing hypotheses were formulated. If orthographic consistency modulated the use of morphology in reading, readers of English should show more robust morphological processing than readers of the other three languages, because morphological units increase the reliability of spelling\u2010to\u2010sound mappings in the English language. In contrast, if the use of morphology in reading depended on the morphological complexity of a language, readers of French, German, and Italian should process morphological units in printed letter strings more efficiently than readers of English. Both developing and skilled readers of English showed greater morphological processing than readers of the other three languages. These results support the idea that the orthographic consistency of a language, rather than its morphological complexity, influences the extent to which morphology is used during reading. We explain our findings within the remit of extant theories of reading acquisition and outline their theoretical and educational implicationsShow less >

Language :

Anglais

Audience :

Internationale

Popular science :

Non

ANR Project :

INITIATIVE D'EXCELLENCE AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITE
Le rôle des morphèmes dans l'apprentissage de la lecture
ILCB: Institute of Language Communication and the Brain

Administrative institution(s) :

Université de Lille

Collections :

• Autres travaux scientifiques

Submission date :

2022-05-04T15:04:49Z
2022-06-07T13:53:42Z
2022-07-05T09:27:12Z