The role of morphological awareness in word reading skills in Japanese : A within-language cross-orthographic perspective
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Muroya, Naoko, Inoue, Tomohiro, Hosokawa, Miyuki, Georgiou, George K., Maekawa, Hisao and Parrila, Rauno. (2017). The role of morphological awareness in word reading skills in Japanese : A within-language cross-orthographic perspective. Scientific Studies of Reading. 21(6), pp. 449-462. https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2017.1323906
Authors | Muroya, Naoko, Inoue, Tomohiro, Hosokawa, Miyuki, Georgiou, George K., Maekawa, Hisao and Parrila, Rauno |
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Abstract | We examined the relationship between morphological awareness and word reading skills in syllabic Hiragana and morphographic Kanji. Participants were 127 Grade 1 Japanese-speaking children who were followed until Grade 2. The results showed that Grade 1 morphological awareness was uniquely and comparably associated with word reading skills in both Hiragana and Kanji in Grade 1 after controlling for nonverbal and verbal cognitive abilities, phonological awareness, and rapid automatized naming. The effect of Grade 1 morphological awareness on Grade 2 Kanji word recognition was slightly stronger (∆R2 = .10) than the effect on Grade 2 Hiragana reading fluency (∆R2 = .03). The findings suggest that morphological awareness plays an important role in early word reading skills across the two scripts, and with reading skill development it may become more important for mastering morphographic Kanji characters. |
Year | 2017 |
Journal | Scientific Studies of Reading |
Journal citation | 21 (6), pp. 449-462 |
Publisher | Routledge |
ISSN | 1088-8438 |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1080/10888438.2017.1323906 |
Scopus EID | 2-s2.0-85020404938 |
Page range | 449-462 |
Funder | Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) |
Publisher's version | License All rights reserved File Access Level Controlled |
Output status | Published |
Publication dates | |
Online | 08 Jun 2017 |
Publication process dates | |
Deposited | 26 Jul 2023 |
Grant ID | 26780523 |
https://acuresearchbank.acu.edu.au/item/8z626/the-role-of-morphological-awareness-in-word-reading-skills-in-japanese-a-within-language-cross-orthographic-perspective
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