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ERIC Number: EJ216588
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1979-Dec
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Newfoundland Dialect Interference in Fourth Grade Spelling.
Walker, Lawrence
Alberta Journal of Educational Research, v25 n4 p221-33 Dec 1979
Relates the English language spelling system to sound and examines whether spellers make use of the information available in that relationship when spelling words. Describes how certain phonological features of a dialect spoken along the northeast coast of Newfoundland influence spelling errors among fourth graders. (SB)
Descriptors: Dialect Studies, Dialects, Elementary Education, Grade 4, Interference (Language), Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Standardization, Language Teachers, Language Variation, Linguistics, Phonemes, Phonology, Speech, Spelling, Spelling Instruction, Written Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Newfoundland