When considering vowel alternations in English, it is possible to develop a less abstract vowel system than the one developed by Chomsky and Halle by using their laxing rule as the input for a restrictive vowel-shift rule which accounts for the relative height of alternating vowels in alternations such as divine-divinity, extreme-extremity,…

This article discusses sonorants and affricates in English, and contrasts them with the sonorants and affricates in French and German. (Text is in French.) (CLK)

This contrastive analysis of English and Persian final consonantal clusters attempts to categorize and define the nature of the kinds of English final clusters likely to create problems for Iranian students of English. (CHK)

Three experiments were conducted to extend the finding that, whereas phonemic coding is employed for short-term temporal order recall, coding of temporal-spatial patterns is employed for short-term spatial order recall. At least three types of coding strategies are available to subjects in short-term memory tasks. (CHK)

Measures the degree of interdependence in timing between infants' right and left arm movements and between movements of both arms and the onsets of stressed vowels in tape-recorded infant-appropriate speech. (HOD)

Describes Dr. John Henry Martin's theory of how children can learn to write phonetically before learning to read and how this theory developed into a computer-based teaching system called "Writing to Read." A program evaluation by Martin and IBM is discussed, and a source is given for further information. (MBR)

This compact book aims to help teachers in need of new ideas in early childhood phonics. It offers a collection of word study activities for the progressive classroom using the tool of magnetic letters. Adding just enough theory to make the author/educator's point, the book shows how this simple tool can support the teaching of letters and sounds…

This study examined the effectiveness of phonemic awareness drills on phonological awareness and word reading performance in English of Mainland Chinese students in primary school. Employing a nonequivalent control group design, the research questions explored: (1) whether phonemic awareness drills promoted phonological awareness with the English…

This report contains 11 recommendations and a call to action designed to ensure that every child in Idaho is able to read at the appropriate level by the end of third grade. It was requested by the 1997 Idaho Legislature, which acknowledged that reading is fundamental to a student's ability to achieve his or her full potential. The research…

Isotopy'' is constituted by a redundance of linguistic units, which may or may not be manifest, on the level of expression or the level of content. (DD)

In phonetical terminology, a consonant produced by completely closing the nasal and oral air passages (implosion), resulting in a retention of air, and then suddenly opening the closure (explosion), is known as occlusive. (DD)

Discusses scientific research on the orthography factor in literacy acquisition. First, an i. t. a. experiment was carried out in Britain, and the second study was a comparision of literacy acquisition in 14 different countries. (Author/RK)