ISSN:
0142-7164
Source:
Cambridge Journals Digital Archives
Topics:
Linguistics and Literary Studies
,
Psychology
Notes:
The spelling performance of a 17-year-old developmental dysgraphic. K. M., is compared to that of T. P. (Hatfield & Patterson, 1983), an acquired dysgraphic. Both make errors which are phonologically valid and spell regular words better than irregular words. Within the words, relative difficulty in spelling is also similar and may result from the effects of length, frequency and. for exception words, the presence or absence of a similarly spelt word. The spelling performance of K. M. may be interpreted as reflecting a phonological routine. The correspondences involved in this system do not differ from those used by normal children of the same spelling age. Subtle deficits in reading may have contributed to spelling difficulties.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0142716400006329
