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Predictors of adult spelling in an orthography of intermediate depth

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dc.contributor.authorMesquita, Ana B.
dc.contributor.authorMorais, Inês Salomé
dc.contributor.authorFaisca, Luis
dc.contributor.authorReis, Alexandra
dc.contributor.authorCastro, São Luís
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-31T09:28:58Z
dc.date.available2023-03-31T09:28:58Z
dc.date.issued2022-06
dc.description.abstractWhat is the hallmark of a good speller? Spelling is a critical component in learning to become literate, but how it works in literate adults remains poorly explored. We examined word and pseudoword spelling in 214 adults in relation to general cognitive abilities, vocabulary, reading history, reading performance, phonological processing and rapid automatized naming. We conducted hierarchical multiple regression analyses to uncover predictors of spelling performance and compared a subsample of good and poor spellers to identify patterns of cognitive and language abilities associated with high vs. low spelling ability. In the regression model under test, which progressed from general cognitive and language abilities to specific reading-related skills, the most important predictor for word spelling was vocabulary, and for pseudoword spelling phonological processing (phoneme deletion). The model explained 20% of word spelling, and 8% of pseudoword spelling, variance. Good spellers outperformed poor spellers in reading connected text and pseudowords, and in phonological processing; poor spellers typically had a history of reading difficulties but similar levels of cognitive ability, word reading and RAN performance. Overall, our findings indicate that adult spelling relies more strongly on word knowledge than on reading proficiency and that, as in literacy acquisition, good phonology-related abilities are a hallmark of proficient adult spellers.pt_PT
dc.description.versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionpt_PT
dc.identifier.doi10.1075/wll.00062.mespt_PT
dc.identifier.eissn1570-6001
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.1/19364
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherJohn Benjamins Publishing Companypt_PT
dc.relationCentre for Biomedical Research
dc.relationSearch for new physics phenomena at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and development of a new analysis group in LIP-Minho
dc.subjectAdultspt_PT
dc.subjectCollege studentspt_PT
dc.subjectEuropean Portuguesept_PT
dc.subjectSpellingpt_PT
dc.titlePredictors of adult spelling in an orthography of intermediate depthpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
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oaire.awardTitleCentre for Biomedical Research
oaire.awardTitleSearch for new physics phenomena at the Large Hadron Collider at CERN and development of a new analysis group in LIP-Minho
oaire.awardURIinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/FCT/6817 - DCRRNI ID/UID%2FBIM%2F04773%2F2013/PT
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oaire.citation.endPage125pt_PT
oaire.citation.issue1pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage99pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleWritten Language & Literacypt_PT
oaire.citation.volume25pt_PT
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