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Direct linkLanderl, Karin; Reitsma, Pieter – Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 2005
In Dutch, vowel duration spelling is phonologically consistent but morphologically inconsistent (e.g., "paar--paren"). In German, it is phonologically inconsistent but morphologically consistent (e.g., "Paar--Paare"). Contrasting the two orthographies allowed us to examine the role of phonological and morphological consistency…
Descriptors: Vowels, Spelling, Indo European Languages, Phonology
