Portuguese spelling in primary grades: complexity, length and lexicality effects

This study investigates spelling abilities of 189 second, third, and fourth graders using a word and pseudoword dictation task in European Portuguese. We analyzed the effect of orthographic complexity on spelling accuracy and the moderating role of length (two vs. three syllables), lexicality (words...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mesquita, Ana (author)
Other Authors: Carvalhais, Lénia (author), Limpo, Teresa (author), Castro, São Luís (author)
Format: article
Language:eng
Published: 2021
Subjects:
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/11328/3460
Country:Portugal
Oai:oai:repositorio.uportu.pt:11328/3460