The area of research on printed word recognition has been one of the most active in the field of experimental psychology for well over a decade. However, notwithstanding the energetic research effort and despite the fact that there are many points of consensus, major controversi…
This work is for comparative linguists and Celticists who are keen to study Breton but may be too daunted to undertake such a venture by the wide variety of orthographical conventions which exist within the language. It discusses points of orthographical contention so that their…
Grounded in state-of-the-art research, this book explores how English language learners develop both the oral language and literacy skills necessary for school success. Chapters examine the cognitive bases of English acquisition, and how the process is different for children fro…
This book provides a unique and accessible account of current research on reading and dyslexia in different orthographies. While most research has been conducted in English, this text presents cross-language comparisons to provide insights into universal aspects of reading devel…
"The Copyeditor's Workbook--a new companion to the indispensable bestseller The Copyeditor's Handbook, now in its fourth edition--is a comprehensive and practical education in the art of copyediting for both aspiring and experienced editors. More than forty exercises of increasi…
"Students in Japan, China, and Korea are among the world's top performers on standardized math and science tests. The nations of East Asia are also leading manufacturers of consumer goods that incorporate scientific breakthroughs in telecommunications, optics, and transportation…
In this study the eleven editions of the Afrikaanse Woordelys en Spelreëls (AWS) (Afrikaans word list and spelling rules) were compared in terms of the way they handled pejorative language. The study stemmed from the method of work explained in the preliminary pages of the AWS11…
This thesis sought to conceptualise children’s spelling and reading representations in a novel way based upon the implicit-explicit framework proposed by the Representational-Redescription (RR) model (Karmiloff-Smith, 1992). The children studied were aged 4-7 years. Existing mod…