Children Find Friendly Words Friendly Too

Words With Many Orthographic Neighbours Are Easier to Read and Spell

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5263133
AutoresVeronica J Laxon, Veronica Laxon (London Borough of Camden), Veronika Coltheart (London Borough of Camden), Corriene Keating (London Borough of Camden)
Año1988
Volumen58
Número1
Páginas103-119
Fecha de publicación1988-02-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessSí
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Educational Psychology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-0998 • E-ISSN: 2044-8279
EditorialWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.2044-8279.1988.tb00882.x
OpenAlexW2079392016
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas15

Forty-nine children (aged 8:4 to 10:4) were grouped according to reading ability and were tested on lexical decision, naming and spelling of words and non-words which differed in orthographic neighbourhood size. Friendly words with many neighbours caused significantly fewer errors on all these tasks. Item analysis demonstrated that these effects were robust when corrected for frequency, regularity, word length and age of acquisition. Good readers showed less reliance on neighbourhood size and more evidence of accurate use of grapheme-phoneme correspondence rules. The results indicate that children find common orthographic sequences easier to read and spell before they have learned to use grapheme-phoneme correspondences consistently

Cognitive psychology · Grapheme · Linguistics · Natural language processing · Neighbourhood (mathematics) · Orthographic projection · Orthography · Reading (process) · Sociology · Spell · Spelling · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Language Development and Disorders · Mathematics · Psychology · Reading and Literacy Development · Writing and Handwriting Education