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Burani, Cristina; Marcolini, Stefania; De Luca, Maria; Zoccolotti, Pierluigi – Cognition, 2008
The role of morphology in reading aloud was examined measuring naming latencies to pseudowords and words composed of morphemes (roots and derivational suffixes) and corresponding simple pseudowords and words. Three groups of Italian children of different ages and reading abilities, including dyslexic children, as well as one group of adult readers…
Descriptors: Visual Stimuli, Morphemes, Dyslexia, Suffixes
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Ammon, Mary Sue; Slobin, Dan I. – Cognition, 1979
The comprehension of sentences expressing instigative causation was investigated in children aged two to four speaking English, Italian, Serbo-Croatian, and Turkish. Cross-linguistic differences in development revealed the roles of morphological and syntactic devices in processing these constructions. The word order systems of English and Italian…
Descriptors: Comprehension, Cross Cultural Studies, English, Error Analysis (Language)