The role of phonology, morphology, and orthography in English and Russian spelling. Academic Article

abstract

• The purpose of the present study was to explore the role of phonology, morphology and orthography in predicting the spelling performance in English-speaking and Russian-speaking children. Tests that tap phonology, morphology and orthography were administered to students in grades 4 and 6 in the USA and Russia. Multiple regression analyses showed that phonology and morphology contributed more for spelling of English words while orthography and morphology contributed more to the spelling of Russian words. The results are explained in terms of the orthographic nature of English and Russian languages as well as the instructional practices and the importance of morphology in spelling in both the languages.

authors

• Joshi, R. Malatesha

published proceedings

• Dyslexia

altmetric score

• 0.75

author list (cited authors)

• Boulware-Gooden, R., Joshi, R. M., & Grigorenko, E.

citation count

• 15

complete list of authors

• Boulware-Gooden, Regina||Joshi, R Malatesha||Grigorenko, Elena

publication date

• May 2015

publisher

• Wiley  Publisher

published in

• Dyslexia: an international journal of research and practice  Journal

keywords

• Child
• Child Language
• English Spelling
• Female
• Humans
• Linguistics
• Male
• Morphology
• Orthography
• Phonology
• RUSSIA
• Russian Spelling
• United States

PubMed Central ID

• 25828423

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1002/dys.1498

start page

• 142

end page

• 161

volume

• 21

issue

• 2

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/dys.1498