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Download full textTyler, Andrea; Nagy, William E. – 1985
Knowledge of derivational morphology can aid readers in the analysis and acquisition of new vocabulary, in lexical access, and in establishing the syntactic structure of sentences. A study investigated good and poor readers' knowledge and use of derivational suffixes in establishing sentence level syntax. Subjects, 123 10th and 11th grade…
Descriptors: Academic Aptitude, Knowledge Level, Morphology (Languages), Reading Ability
