Spelling Morphology

The Psycholinguistics of Hebrew Spelling
2012
ISBN: 978-1-4419-0587-1
Verlag: Springer US

Buch, Englisch, 188 Seiten, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 241 mm, Gewicht: 471 g

Reihe: Literacy Studies

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 structure. The strong correlation between orthographies and morphological units makes linking consistent grammatical and lexical representation and spelling units in speaker-writers a key research goal. Hebrew’s wealth of morphological structures, reflected in its written form, promotes morphological perception and strategies in those who speak and write it, adding vitality and relevance to this work.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ravid, Dorit Diskin

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Historische & Vergleichende Sprachwissenschaft, Sprachtypologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Schrift, Paläographie, Orthographie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Grammatik, Syntax, Morphologie
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Psycholinguistik, Neurolinguistik, Kognition
• Geisteswissenschaften Sprachwissenschaft Einzelne Sprachen & Sprachfamilien

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Hebrew morphology and spelling in a typological perspective.- Morphological acquisition in Hebrew: a psycholinguistic view of non-linear and linear morphology.- Theories of spelling acquisition.- A model of Hebrew orthographic structure and acquisition.- Root letters.- Function letters.- Internal vowel letters.- Hebrew spelling development in a cross-linguistic perspective: Dutch and Hebrew.- Further examinations of cross-linguistic differences: Hebrew, English, Arabic.- Conclusions.

Über Autor(innen)

Dorit Ravid is a linguist and psycholinguist working on the acquisition of Hebrew and the development of linguistic literacy at the School of Education and the Department of Communications Disorders, Tel Aviv University. She has published extensively on early and later language acquisition in Hebrew and Arabic, the nature of spelling acquisition, the development of discourse production abilities, and on language learning in special populations.