Morphological awareness, cognitive aspects of language and word recognition

Authors

  • Márcia Elia da Mota Universidade Salgado de Oliveira/Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v15i1.15654

Keywords:

metalinguistic awareness, morphological awareness, cognition, literacy, reading

Abstract

Studies carried out in alphabetic languages show that morphological awareness is related to the success in recognizing words and comprehension in reading and spelling. This study investigated whether morphological awareness contributes to reading in Portuguese and whether this contribution is independent of the cognitive aspects of language such as vocabulary and memory. The sample was of 52 children, of those 25 were from the 2nd grade and 27 from 3rd grade. The results of Pearson correlations showed that morphological awareness is associated to reading, but when memory and vocabulary are controlled this relationship is significant for 3rd grade only.

Keywords: metalinguistic awareness; morphological awareness; cognition; literacy; reading.

 

Author Biography

Márcia Elia da Mota, Universidade Salgado de Oliveira/Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro

Prof. Dra. da Universidade Salgado de Oliveira e Universidade do Estadodo Rio de Janeiro

área de atuação: psicologia do desenvolvimento e educacional

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Published

2011-10-01

How to Cite

da Mota, M. E. (2011). Morphological awareness, cognitive aspects of language and word recognition. Interação Em Psicologia, 15(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v15i1.15654

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Vol. 15 No. 1 (2011)

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