Segmentation of spoken words into syllables by English-speaking children as compared to adults |
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Authors: | Treiman Rebecca Bowey Judith A Bourassa Derrick |
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Institution: | Department of Psychology, Washington University, Campus Box 1125, One Brookings Drive, St. Louis, MO 63130-4899, USA. |
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Abstract: | Given the importance of syllables in the development of reading, spelling, and phonological awareness, information is needed about how children syllabify spoken words. To what extent is syllabification affected by knowledge of spelling, to what extent by phonology, and which phonological factors are influential? In Experiment 1, six- and seven-year-old children did not show effects of spelling on oral syllabification, performing similarly on words such as habit and rabbit. Spelling influenced the syllabification of older children and adults, with the results suggesting that knowledge of spelling must be well entrenched before it begins to affect oral syllabification. Experiment 2 revealed influences of phonological factors on syllabification that were similar across age groups. Young children, like older children and adults, showed differences between words with "short" and "long" vowels (e.g., lemon vs. demon) and words with sonorant and obstruent intervocalic consonants (e.g., melon vs. wagon). |
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Keywords: | Syllables Syllabification Spelling Phonology Vowels Sonority |
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