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Is the deficit in phonological awareness better explained in terms of task differences or effects of syllable structure?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 May 2005

JUAN E. JIMÉNEZ ,
EDUARDO GARCÍA ,
ROSARIO ORTIZ ,
ISABEL HERNÁNDEZ–VALLE ,
REMEDIOS GUZMÁN ,
MERCEDES RODRIGO ,
ADELINA ESTÉVEZ ,
ALICIA DÍAZ  and
SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ
JUAN E. JIMÉNEZ
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
EDUARDO GARCÍA
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
ROSARIO ORTIZ
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
ISABEL HERNÁNDEZ–VALLE
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
REMEDIOS GUZMÁN
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
MERCEDES RODRIGO
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
ADELINA ESTÉVEZ
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
ALICIA DÍAZ
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
SERGIO HERNÁNDEZ
Affiliation:
Universidad de La Laguna
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Abstract

The primary purpose of the study reported here was to explore the effects of the complexity of syllable structure and the effects of task differences in the explanation of deficit in phonological awareness (PA). A sample of 97 subjects was selected and organized into three different groups: 29 reading-disabled (RD) children, 41 normal readers matched in age with the former, and 27 younger normal readers at the same reading level as those with reading disabilities. We administered PA tasks which included items with different complexity of syllable structure. The results showed that the complexity of syllable structure had no particularly marked effect on the dyslexic children. Rather, the isolation task revealed the phonological deficit across all syllable structures.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 26 , Issue 2 , April 2005 , pp. 267 - 283
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© 2005 Cambridge University Press

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