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The Effect Of Graphic And Phonemic Similarity On Syntactic Acceptability, Barbara D. Barket
The Effect Of Graphic And Phonemic Similarity On Syntactic Acceptability, Barbara D. Barket
UNF Graduate Theses and Dissertations
The main purpose of this study was to determine the effect of graphic and phonemic similarity on syntactic acceptability. Ten third graders were audio-taped reading material new to them at the end of the 1982-1983 school year. The children were given no assistance. Substitution miscues were recorded and analyzed according to The Goodman Taxonomy of Reading Miscues. Statistical analyses were carried out using the chi-square procedure and contingency coefficients were computed. The results indicate that graphic and phonemic similarity are somewhat related to syntactic acceptability but the relationship is very slight. Graphic similarity appears to be more independent of syntactic …