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Effect of syntactic and morphological processing skills on reading in Chinese dyslexic adolescents

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Abstract

Purpose - The present study investigated the extent and nature of syntactic and morphological processing deficits in Chinese adolescents with dyslexia. Method - A total of 78 Chinese junior secondary school students, 26 dyslexics, 26 chronological age (CA) and 26 reading level (RL) controls, participated and were administered measures of IQ, word reading, reading comprehension, verbal working memory, vocabulary knowledge, syntactic and morphological processing skills. Results - Dyslexic adolescents scored significantly lower than CA but similarly to RL controls in most measures, especially in the areas of syntactic and morphological processing skills. In regression analyses, syntactic and morphological processing skills were the strongest predictors of ability in word reading and reading comprehension measures. Conclusion - This study highlights important correlates of syntactic and morphological processing skills in Chinese reading acquisition and impairment.
Original languageEnglish
Publication statusPublished - 2012
EventNineteenth Annual Meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Reading - Montreal, Canada
Duration: 11 Jul 201214 Jul 2012
https://www.triplesr.org/nineteenth-annual-meeting

Conference

ConferenceNineteenth Annual Meeting of Society for the Scientific Study of Reading
Abbreviated titleSSSR 2012
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityMontreal
Period11/07/1214/07/12
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