Early Context-Conditioned Orthographic Knowledge in European Portuguese: The Spelling of the Schwa

This longitudinal study examined how the phonemic-orthographic context affects the spelling of the schwa (/ɨ/) by Portuguese beginning spellers at two time points in the first school grade. The schwa is phonetically unstable and phonologically ill-defined, has an unpredictable realization, is freque...

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Main Authors: Ana Paula Vale, Rafaela Perpétua
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-11-01
Series:Frontiers in Education
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/feduc.2020.513577/full