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Download full textBarnitz, John G. – 1978
Literature related to orthography, phonology, and reading is reviewed and synthesized in order to develop a rationale for a "goodness of fit" hypothesis. This hypothesis asserts that a writing system which is more consistently fit to the phonological structure of a particular language is more likely to facilitate learning to read.…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Bilingualism, Cross Cultural Studies, Diachronic Linguistics
