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Murphy, Victoria A.; Dockrell, Julie; Messer, David; Farr, Hannah – Journal of Child Language, 2008
Children with word finding difficulties (CwWFDs) are slower and less accurate at naming monomorphemic words than typically developing children (Dockrell, Messer & George, 2001), but their difficulty in naming morphologically complex words has not yet been investigated. One aim of this paper was to identify whether CwWFDs are similar to typically…
Descriptors: Verbs, Morphemes, Morphology (Languages), Syntax
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Deacon, S. Helene; Bryant, Peter – Journal of Child Language, 2005
The spelling of words in English is governed in part by the morphemes that make them up. This study examines the strength of children's knowledge of the role of root morphemes in spelling, specifically focusing on whether it can withstand interference by phonological changes. A total of 75 children between seven and nine years of age were given…
Descriptors: Spelling, Morphemes, Educational Practices, Children