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Peer reviewedTreiman, Rebecca; And Others – Child Development, 1997
Compared spelling of children who speak General American English and those who speak Southern British English. Found that spelling errors of children with spelling ages of 6 to 7.5 reflected characteristics of their dialect, and that at older spelling ages, British children made overgeneralization errors reflecting their dialect. Concluded that…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Children, Comparative Analysis, Generalization
