How Children Become Sensitive to the Morphological Structure of the Words That They Read.

ABSTRACT: Background: We tested the predictions of models of word reading development as to the effects of repeated exposure on reading of derived words. Aim: Our goal was to examine the impacts of variables that quantify different aspects of this exposure: base frequency, family frequency, and family size. Methods and Samples: In Experiment 1, we asked 75 children in Grades 3 and 5 to read derived words with low surface frequencies (e.g., questionable) that varied in base frequency, family frequency, and family size. In Experiment 2, we asked 41 adults to read the same set of words. Results: In Experiment 1, only base frequency made a contribution to word reading accuracy that was independent of the other two variables of interest (family size and family frequency

SUBMITTER: Deacon SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5591820 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature