Sensitivity to Morphological Spelling Regularities in Chinese-English Bilinguals and English Monolinguals

Iwao, HS; Andrews, S; Veldre, A

Sensitivity to Morphological Spelling Regularities in Chinese-English Bilinguals and English Monolinguals

Iwao, HS Andrews, S Veldre, A

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Citation:: Reading and Writing, 2024
Issue Date:: 2024-03-23

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dc.contributor.author	Iwao, HS
dc.contributor.author	Andrews, S
dc.contributor.author	Veldre, A https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0364-8502
dc.date.accessioned	2024-06-26T05:58:27Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-15
dc.date.available	2024-06-26T05:58:27Z
dc.date.issued	2024-03-23
dc.identifier.citation	Reading and Writing, 2024
dc.identifier.issn	2079-8245
dc.identifier.issn	2308-1422
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/179661
dc.description.abstract	Evidence of sensitivity to graphotactic and morphological patterns in English spelling has been extensively examined in monolinguals. Comparatively few studies have examined bilinguals’ sensitivity to spelling regularities. The present study compared late Chinese-English bilinguals and English monolinguals on their sensitivity to systematic inflectional and derivational spelling regularities. One hundred and twenty-nine undergraduate students completed a forced-choice spelling task, in which nonword pairs were presented in a sentence context requiring a choice of the relevant grammatical form. English ability measures were administered to examine possible inter-individual differences in morphological sensitivity. The results showed that both monolinguals and bilinguals demonstrated knowledge of spelling patterns, but the groups differed in their sensitivity to inflectional and derivational spelling regularities. Specifically, bilinguals showed more consistent use of morphological spelling regularities in guiding their decision on spelling choice compared to monolinguals. The results are argued to be consistent with the predictions of statistical learning accounts of spelling acquisition.
dc.language	en
dc.publisher	AOSIS
dc.relation.ispartof	Reading and Writing
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dc.title	Sensitivity to Morphological Spelling Regularities in Chinese-English Bilinguals and English Monolinguals
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pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health
pubs.organisational-group	University of Technology Sydney/Faculty of Health/Graduate School of Health/GSH.Clinical Psychology
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Abstract:

Evidence of sensitivity to graphotactic and morphological patterns in English spelling has been extensively examined in monolinguals. Comparatively few studies have examined bilinguals’ sensitivity to spelling regularities. The present study compared late Chinese-English bilinguals and English monolinguals on their sensitivity to systematic inflectional and derivational spelling regularities. One hundred and twenty-nine undergraduate students completed a forced-choice spelling task, in which nonword pairs were presented in a sentence context requiring a choice of the relevant grammatical form. English ability measures were administered to examine possible inter-individual differences in morphological sensitivity. The results showed that both monolinguals and bilinguals demonstrated knowledge of spelling patterns, but the groups differed in their sensitivity to inflectional and derivational spelling regularities. Specifically, bilinguals showed more consistent use of morphological spelling regularities in guiding their decision on spelling choice compared to monolinguals. The results are argued to be consistent with the predictions of statistical learning accounts of spelling acquisition.

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