School of Communication Science and Disorders, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Department of Psychology, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA.
Ann Dyslexia. 2020 Jul;70(2):200-219. doi: 10.1007/s11881-020-00193-y. Epub 2020 May 1.
The distinctive features of the Arabic language and orthography offer opportunities to investigate multiple word characteristics at the item level. The aim of this paper was to model differences in word reading at the item level among 3rd grade native Arabic-speaking children (n = 303) using cross-classified generalized random-effects (CCGRE) analysis. The participants read 80 vowelized words that varied in multiple elements that may contribute to their decodability: number of letters, number of syllables, number of morphemes, ligaturing (connectivity), semantics (concrete vs. abstract), orthographic frequency, root type frequency, and part of speech. Morphological awareness (MA) was included as a person-level predictor. Results of individual models showed that MA, number of letters, number of syllables, number of morphemes, number of ligatures, orthographic frequency, and part of speech were significantly related to the probability of a correct response. However, when all predictors were entered simultaneously, only MA and number of morphemes remained significant. These results underscore the important role of morphology in the lexical structure of Arabic words and in Arabic word reading. Discussion focuses on the role of morphology in Arabic reading and the implications for intervention to improve word recognition in children learning to read Arabic.
阿拉伯语语言和拼字法的独特特征提供了在项目层面上研究多个单词特征的机会。本文的目的是使用交叉分类广义随机效应 (CCGRE) 分析，对 3 年级以阿拉伯语为母语的儿童（n=303）在项目层面上的单词阅读差异进行建模。参与者阅读了 80 个元音化单词，这些单词在多个可能影响其可解码性的元素上有所不同：字母数、音节数、词素数、连字（连接性）、语义（具体与抽象）、正字法频率、词根类型频率和词性。形态意识 (MA) 被作为个体水平的预测因子包含在内。各个模型的结果表明，MA、字母数、音节数、词素数、连字数、正字法频率和词性与正确反应的概率显著相关。然而，当同时输入所有预测因子时，只有 MA 和词素数仍然具有显著意义。这些结果强调了形态学在阿拉伯语单词的词汇结构和阿拉伯语单词阅读中的重要作用。讨论重点关注形态学在阿拉伯语阅读中的作用以及对干预措施的影响，以提高学习阅读阿拉伯语的儿童的单词识别能力。
