TY - BOOK AU - Joshi,R.Malatesha AU - Aaron,P.G. TI - Handbook of Orthography and Literacy SN - 9781136610806 AV - 2005015076 U1 - 418 PY - 2005/// CY - Milton PB - Taylor & Francis Group KW - Language acquisition KW - Electronic books N1 - Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- Contributors -- Introduction to the Volume -- I: Literacy Acquisition in Different Writing Systems -- 1. Evolution of an Alphabetic Writing System: The Case of Icelandic -- 2. Literacy Acquisition in Norwegian -- 3. Literacy Acquisition in Danish: A Deep Orthography in Cross-Linguistic Light -- 4. Children's Language Development and Reading Acquisition in a Highly Transparent Orthography -- 5. Sources of Information Children Use in Learning to Spell: The Case of Finnish Geminates -- 6. Orthography and Literacy in French -- 7. The Acquisition of Literacy in Italian -- 8. Reading and Spelling Acquisition and Dyslexia in German -- 9. Double Dutch: The Dutch Spelling System and Learning to Spell in Dutch -- 10. Literacy Acquisition in Spanish -- 11. Beginning Reading Acquisition in Brazilian Portuguese -- 12. Literacy Acquisition in Greek: Research Review of the Role of Phonological and Cognitive Factors -- 13. The Acquisition of Written Morphology in Greek -- 14. How Language Characteristics Influence Turkish Literacy Development -- 15. Literacy Acquisition and Dyslexia in Hungarian -- 16. Developmental Dyslexia: Evidence from Polish -- 17. Word Reading in Bulgarian Children and Adults -- 18. Early Phonological Skill as a Predictor of Reading Acquisition in Latvian -- 19. If John Were Ivan, Would He Fail in Reading? -- 20. Reading in Arabic Orthography: Characteristics, Research Findings, and Assessment -- 21. Hebrew Orthography and Literacy -- 22. Persian Orthography and Its Relation to Literacy -- 23. Literacy Acquisition in Korean Hangul: Investigating the Perceptual and Phonological Processing of Good and Poor Readers -- 24. The Kagunita of Kannada-Learning to Read and Write an Indian Alphasyllabary -- 25. Literacy in Kiswahili -- 26. Reading Chinese; II: Literacy Acquisition From Cross-Linguistic Perspectives -- 27. Theoretical Framework for Beginning Reading in Different Orthographies -- 28. Orthography, Phonology, and Reading Development: A Cross-Linguistic Perspective -- 29. Literacy Acquisition in Japanese-English Bilinguals -- 30. Learning to Spell in Different Languages: How Orthographic Variables Might Affect Early Literacy -- 31. Reading Acquisition in Different Orthographies: Evidence from Direct Comparisons -- 32. Learning to Read: The Effect of Orthography -- 33. Learning to Spell From Print and Learning to Spell From Speech: A Study of Spelling of Children Who Speak Tamil, a Dravidian Language -- 34. Learning to Spell by Ear and by Eye: A Cross-Linguistic Comparison -- III: Literacy Acquisition: Instructional Perspectives -- 35. Knowledge About Letters as a Foundation for Reading and Spelling -- 36. Morphology and Spelling: What Have Morphemes to Do With Spelling? -- 37. Metalinguistic Abilities, Phonological Recoding Skill, and the Use of Context in Beginning Reading Development: A Longitudinal Study -- 38. The Case for Teaching Phonemic Awareness and Simple Phonics to Preschoolers -- 39. Alphabetics Instruction Helps Students Learn to Read -- 40. The Effectiveness of Synthetic Phonics Teaching in Developing Reading and Spelling Skills in English-Speaking Boys and Girls -- 41. Genetic?? and Environmental Influences on the Development of Reading and Related Cognitive Skills -- 42. Maternal Mediation in a Young Child's Writing Activity: A Sociocultural Perspective -- 43. Foundations for Studying Basic Processes in Reading -- Author Index -- Subject Index UR - https://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=4517154 ER -