18.1755, Books: Psycholing/Applied Ling/Lang Acq/Phonology: Bree

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Date: 05-Jun-2007
From: Rianne Giethoorn < lot at let.uu.nl >
Subject: Dyslexia and Phonology: Bree

 

	
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Date: Fri, 08 Jun 2007 19:47:54
From: Rianne Giethoorn < lot at let.uu.nl >
Subject: Dyslexia and Phonology: Bree 
 



Title: Dyslexia and Phonology 
Subtitle: A study of the phonological abilities of Dutch children at-risk of dyslexia
 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series  

Publication Year: 2007 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	
Author: Elise de Bree

Paperback: ISBN:  Pages: 195 Price: Europe EURO 21.05


Abstract:

This thesis explores the phonological deficit of children with a familial
risk of dyslexia. This approach contributes to the identification of
possible linguistic precursors of dyslexia. The thesis is set within the
framework of the phonological deficit hypothesis of dyslexia. Through
assessment of performance of at-risk children on linguistically-based
measures, as well as measures of phonological processing and awareness,
this phonological deficit hypothesis can be tested and refined. 

Secondly, a comparison is made between the phonological abilities of
children with a risk of dyslexia and children with specific language
impairment (SLI). Both disorders are characterised by language and reading
difficulties and it is investigated whether they are both caused by
(similar) underlying phonological difficulties. This comparison contributes
to the evaluation of hypotheses on the relationship between dyslexia and SLI. 

It is shown that children at-risk of dyslexia display more difficulties
than normally developing children on tasks tapping into phonology. These
findings confirm the phonological deficit hypothesis. They further show
that a linguistically-informed approach leads to new insights.
Additionally, the at-risk and SLI children generally show difficulties on
the same tasks, but to a different extent and with different error
patterns, indicating that dyslexia and SLI are best treated as separate
disorders partly caused by a similar risk factor, i.e. poor phonology. 

This dissertation is of relevance to researchers in the fields of
psycholinguistics, language acquisition, and reading-and language
disorders, as well as to clinicians working with dyslexic and/or
language-impaired children. 



Linguistic Field(s): Applied Linguistics
                     Language Acquisition
                     Phonology
                     Psycholinguistics


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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