Phases of knowledge in lexical acquisition : a developmental study into four to twelve year olds decipherment of unfamiliar words from linguistic contexts during continuous assessment

Research on the deciphering of nonsense words within the context of text, a story, or tale was conducted at various schools and day-care centres in the Stirling area of Scotland in 1985-1988. Three experiments were conducted, in which large samples of primary school children aged 4-12 were tested. T...

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Main Author: Bjarnadottir, Bjorg
Published: University of Stirling 1996
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.319838