ISBN:
9781441905888
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource
,
v.: digital
Edition:
Online-Ausg. Springer eBook Collection. Humanities, Social Science and Law Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Series Statement:
Literacy Studies, Perspectives from Cognitive Neurosciences, Linguistics, Psychology and Education 3
DDC:
415.9
Keywords:
Education
;
Applied linguistics
;
Comparative linguistics
;
Psycholinguistics
;
Semitic languages
;
Language and languages
Abstract:
Modern Hebrew is a highly synthetic Semitic language--its lexicon is rich in morphemes. This volume supplies the first in-depth psycholinguistic analysis of the interaction between morphological knowledge and spelling in Hebrew. It also examines how far this model can be applied to other languages. Anchored to a connectionist, cognitive, cross-linguistic and typological framework, the study accords with today's perception of spelling as being much more than a mere technical skill. Contemporary psycholinguistic literature views spelling as a window on what people know about words and their stru
Description / Table of Contents:
Spelling Morphology; LITERACY STUDIES; Preface; Contents; Chapter 1: Introduction: A Linguist's Journey Towards Written Language; Early Language Acquisition: The Oral Tradition; Acquiring the Language of Literacy; Learning to Think for Writing; Learning the Script-as-Model; Levels of Representation: Phonology, Morphology and Orthography; Phonology; Morphology; Orthography; Notes; References; Chapter 2: The Psycholinguistics of Spelling: Phonology and Beyond; Spelling in Psychological and Cognitive Science; Spelling as Language; A Typological View of Spelling Development; Phonology
Description / Table of Contents:
Orthographic PropertiesNotes; References; Chapter 3: Morphological Scaffolding in Learning to Spell: A Cross-Linguistic Review; References; Chapter 4: Spelling, Lexicon and Morphology; Phonology and the Lexicon; Orthography and the Lexicon; The Typological Impact of Morphology; Morphological Richness: Semantics; Morphological Richness: Systems; Morphological Richness: Morpho-Phonology and Allomorphy; Spelling Hebrew Morphology; Notes; References; Chapter 5: Historical and Sociolinguistic Perspectives on Hebrew; Roots of Modern Hebrew; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 6: The Hebrew Phonology-Orthography InterfaceCurrent Orthographic Versions; Vowel Representation: A Historical Review; Orthographic Changes; Sources of Hebrew Spelling Errors; Summary; Letter Frequencies; Notes; References; Chapter 7: Morpho-Orthographic Infrastructure; Spelling Non-linear Morphology; Spelling Linear Morphology; Complex Morphology in Spelling; Extending Written Word Boundaries; Word or Box?; Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 8: Root and Function Letters; Demarcating Core from Envelope Letters; Homophony and Morphology; Spelling Root Letters
Description / Table of Contents:
Morpho-Phonological Cues to Root SpellingSpelling Function (Affix) Letters; Mapping Morphological Roles of Function Letters; Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 9: The Phono-Morpho-Orthographic AHWY ???? Juncture; Blurring the Consonant-Vowel Distinction; Phono-Morpho-Orthographic Features of Vowel AHWY; Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 10: Spelling Cues in Nominals; Data Mining in the Nominal Lexicon; Spelling Cues in Nominal Morphology; Beyond Transparent Nouns; Cues in Compound Structures; Cues in Opaque Nominals; Summary; Notes; References
Description / Table of Contents:
Chapter 11: Spelling Cues in Nominal InflectionGender; Number; Incorporation; Spelling Inflectional Morphology; Notes; References; Chapter 12: Spelling Cues in Verb Formation; Composite Verb Structure; Temporal Binyan Configurations; Modal Stems; Interim Summary; Agreement Suffixes; Spelling Verb Structure; Optional Accusative Inflection; Summary; Notes; References; Chapter 13: Conclusion: The Psycholinguistics of Hebrew Spelling; Final Word; Notes; References; Index;
Note:
Includes bibliographical references and index
,
Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4419-0588-8
URL:
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