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- Title
幼児の仮名文字の読み習得に影響する文字側の諸要因.
- Authors
Kakihana Shinichirō
- Abstract
The study examined the influence of various features of kana letters on the development of children's letter knowledge. Reading accuracy of 183 3-5 year old Japanese children for 71 regular letters (46 basic letters, 20 daku-on letters, and 5 handaku-on letters), and of 277 3-6 year old children for combination letters were examined. Daku-on letters include a voicing diacritic, and handaku-on include a /p-/ diacritic. Six features of kana were investigated: (1) frequency in picture books, (2) letter shape complexity, (3) position in the kana letter table, (4) vowels, (5) shape similarity to other letters, and (6) regularity of voicing rules. Regression analysis for basic letters revealed that position in the kana letter table had independent effects, and that frequency and shape similarity had marginally significant effects, on reading accuracy. For daku-on letters, frequency had an independent effect, and position in the letter table and shape similarity had marginally significant effects on reading accuracy. Only frequency had an independent effect for combination letters. Reading development for kana letters apparently involves both universal and language-specific aspects.
- Publication
Japanese Journal of Developmental Psychology / Hattatsu Shinrigaku Kenkyū, 2015, Vol 26, Issue 3, p237
- ISSN
0915-9029
- Publication type
Article