Read, C. 1985

Read, C. 1985

Reference
	Read, Charles. 1985. "Effects of phonology on beginning spelling: Some cross-linguistic evidence." In Olson, D., Torrance, and Hildyard 1985. Interest level: specialist.

Summary
	Examines one pattern (representation of nasals) in the beginning spelling of children who speak English, Dutch, and French to explain the oddities in children's spontaneous spellings.
	Goal is to illustrate the segmentation, categorization, and multiple levels of structure essential to orthography. States that cross-linguistic evidence is essential to a real understanding of beginning spelling (there are common threads in spellings cross-linguistically).

Evaluation
	May be useful to develop an orthography and to teach beginning readers and spellers. Is not useful for lay persons.

Context for this page:

Bibliography module: Read, C. 1985
In overview module: Bibliography (Literacy): R
In modular book: Bibliography (Literacy), by Doris Gallemore, Trudi C. Hunt, Jeanne Swanson, and Stephen L. Walter
In document collection: Reference materials
In bookshelf: Literacy

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