Some considerations about children’s knowledge of derivational morphology

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  • Márcia Maria Peruzzi Elia da Mota Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v12i1.7452

Keywords:

metalinguistic awareness, morphological awareness, cognitive development

Abstract

Studies carried out in English orthography show that the ability to reflect upon the word’s morphemes is related to the success in recognizing words, reading comprehension and spelling. The majority of the studies carried out in Portuguese in this area focused in the development of flexional morphology. It is considered that the derivational morphology develops after some years of schooling. In this study we investigated the development of the derivational morphology in Brazilian Portuguese language, with a sample of 51 children, of which 27 were from 1st grade and 24 from 2nd grade, all drawn from a federal school from the urban area of Juiz de Fora, Minas Gerais. Six morphological awareness task were used. The number of correct responses in each task computed. The results suggest that the abilit to reflect upon the morphemes is present at an early stage, even if in a rudimentary form and that it continues to develop with schooling.

Keywords: metalinguistic awareness; morphological awareness; cognitive development.

Author Biography

Márcia Maria Peruzzi Elia da Mota, Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora

Prof.ª Dr.ª da Universidade Federal de Juiz de Fora – ICH - Departamento de Psicologia. Área de Atuação: Psicologia do Desenvolvimento e Educacional.

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da Mota, M. M. P. E. (2008). Some considerations about children’s knowledge of derivational morphology. Interação Em Psicologia, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.5380/psi.v12i1.7452

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Vol. 12 No. 1 (2008)

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