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Kotzer, Maddie; Kirby, John R.; Heggie, Lindsay – Reading Psychology, 2021
We investigated the contribution of morphological awareness to university students' reading comprehension ability. Although there is considerable evidence that morphological awareness contributes to children's reading ability, there is much less evidence concerning adults; the few studies of adults have not controlled other known predictors of…
Descriptors: Morphology (Languages), Metalinguistics, Reading Comprehension, Predictor Variables
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Tibi, Sana; Kirby, John R. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2019
Purpose: We investigated the cognitive and linguistic processes that underlie reading in Arabic in relation to a well-defined theoretical framework of reading and the factors that underlie reading. Method: The sample was 201 (101 boys, 100 girls) 3rd-grade Arabic-speaking children. Children were administered measures of Vocabulary, Phonological…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Grade 3, Vocabulary, Phonological Awareness