Spelling Acquisition in English and Italian: A Cross-Linguistic Study

被引：45

作者：

Marinelli, Chiara V. ^{[1
,2
]}

Romani, Cristina ^{[3
]}

Burani, Cristina ^{[4
,5
]}

Zoccolotti, Pierluigi ^{[1
,2
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Roma La Sapienza, Dept Psychol, I-00185 Rome, Italy

[2] IRCCS Fdn Santa Lucia, Neuropsychol Res Ctr, Rome, Italy

[3] Aston Univ, Sch Life & Hlth Sci, Birmingham B4 7ET, W Midlands, England

[4] CNR, ISTC Inst Cognit Sci & Technol, Rome, Italy

[5] Univ Trieste, Dept Life Sci, Trieste, Italy

来源：

FRONTIERS IN PSYCHOLOGY | 2015年 / 6卷

关键词：

spelling acquisition; orthographic consistency; cross-linguistic comparison; lexical effects; children; DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA; READING ACQUISITION; GRAIN-SIZE; LANGUAGE; ORTHOGRAPHY; AWARENESS; MODEL;

D O I：

10.3389/fpsyg.2015.01843

中图分类号：

B84 [心理学];

学科分类号：

04 ; 0402 ;

摘要：

We examined the spelling acquisition in children up to late primary school of a consistent orthography (Italian) and an inconsistent orthography (English). The effects of frequency, lexicality, length, and regularity in modulating spelling performance of the two groups were examined. English and Italian children were matched for both chronological age and number of years of schooling. Two-hundred and seven Italian children and 79 English children took part in the study. We found greater accuracy in spelling in Italian than English children: Italian children were very accurate after only 2 years of schooling, while in English children the spelling performance was still poor after 5 years of schooling. Cross-linguistic differences in spelling accuracy proved to be more persistent than the corresponding ones in reading accuracy. Orthographic consistency produced not only quantitative, but also qualitative differences, with larger frequency and regularity effects in English than in Italian children.

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