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Peer reviewedLewis, Debra J.; Windsor, Jennifer – Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, 1996
Two experiments with 40 children (grades 4 to 8) found the children often used their knowledge of derivational suffixes in defining low-frequency derivatives, and knowledge of suffixes was significantly correlated with suffix production in a nonsense task. The children's morphological awareness of derivational suffixes included semantic…
Descriptors: Elementary Education, Grammar, Knowledge Level, Morphology (Languages)
