The aim of this longitudinal study is to examine the contribution of morphological awareness to the prediction of reading and spelling in Greek. The target group (N = 404) consisted of children, aged 6-9 years at the start of the project, who learn literacy in Cyprus. Because there are no standardized measures of morphological awareness for Greek…

Previous research has suggested that children in the early grades of primary school do not have much awareness of morphemes. In this study, a priming paradigm was used to try to detect early signs of morphological representation of stems through a spelling task presented to Portuguese children (N = 805; age range 6-9 years). Primes shared the stem…

Because the spelling of many words in the English language (and in many other languages as well) depends on their morphemic structure, children have to have some knowledge about morphemes in order to learn to read and write. This raises the possibility that children gain much of their explicit knowledge about morphemes as a direct result of…

Investigates whether syllable and phoneme awareness make independent contributions to reading and spelling in Greek. Uses four measures: syllable awareness, phoneme awareness, reading and spelling. Concludes that phonological awareness is a multidimensional phenomenon and that the different dimensions contribute to reading and writing in Greek.…

Looks at the link between children's understanding of a morphemically-based orthographic rule and their awareness of morphemic distinctions. Questions the orthographic rule of using the apostrophe to denote possession in English. Concludes that different forms of linguistic awareness affect different aspects of reading and spelling. (SC)

Uses psuedo-verbs to investigate the relationship between children's awareness of grammatical distinctions and their success in learning about the spelling sequence for morphemes that do not conform to letter-sound correspondence rules. Concludes that the use of "ed" endings for regular verbs reflects a morphological spelling strategy based on…