The Role of Morphology and Sentence Context in Word Processing for Adults With Low Literacy

被引：0

作者：

Tremblay, Kathryn A. ^{[1
]}

Mcbane, Katja ^{[1
]}

Binder, Katherine S. ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Mt Holyoke Coll, South Hadley, MA USA

来源：

JOURNAL OF LEARNING DISABILITIES | 2025年

关键词：

morphology; root word frequency; sentence context; vocabulary depth; adults with low literacy; word processing; EYE-MOVEMENTS; READING-COMPREHENSION; VOCABULARY KNOWLEDGE; AWARENESS; DEPTH; ACQUISITION; INFORMATION; BREADTH; SCHOOL; SKILLS;

D O I：

10.1177/00222194251315198

中图分类号：

G76 [特殊教育];

学科分类号：

040109 ;

摘要：

Both vocabulary skill and morphological complexity, or whether words can be broken down into root words and affixes, have a significant impact on word processing for adults with low literacy. We investigated the influence of word-level variables of morphological complexity and root word frequency, and the sentence-level variable of context strength on word processing in adults with low literacy, who differed on levels of vocabulary depth skills, which was a participant-level variable. Our findings demonstrate that morphological complexity, root word frequency, and context strength are all related to how adult learners process words while reading, but their effects are dependent on participants' vocabulary depth. Participants with higher levels of vocabulary depth were able to more quickly process morphologically complex words and make better use of supportive sentence context as compared to individuals with lower levels of vocabulary depth. These findings suggest that both morphological complexity and vocabulary depth are important for word processing and reading comprehension in adults with low literacy.

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