Developmental trends in morphological closure and morpheme learning, in Oriya speaking individuals; typically developing children, adults, children with Learning Disability and Phonological Errors.

Venkat Raman Prusty; Dr. Arun Banik

Volume : VIII, Issue : V, May - 2019

Developmental trends in morphological closure and morpheme learning, in Oriya speaking individuals; typically developing children, adults, children with Learning Disability and Phonological Errors.

Venkat Raman Prusty, Dr. Arun Banik

Abstract :

Morphological skills development in children is a basic link between cognitive language functions and literacy. Bowers and Kirby (2010) studied effects of morphological skills on literacy development in English speaking school children, they found that morphological instruction benefits learners; it ings particular benefits for less able readers; it is no less effective for younger students, and also it is more effective when combined with other aspects of literacy instruction. Similar results were also reported from studies done by Arnbak and Elo (2000) that morphological training supports and enhances the development of meaning–oriented decoding strategies in reading and spelling. This study focused further on developmental trends in few morphological skills in Oriya speaking typically developing children of 3–12 years age, compared to adult group, children with Learning Disability of 7 to 12 years of age and a group of children of 7 to 12 years of age with phonological errors (without any anatomical & physiological abnormalities in oral structures). The result from this part–pilot data was used to construct a screening test to assess phonological and morphological abilities in Oriya speaking children. The results of sub tests are described in this paper are Morphological closure and Morpheme learning. The results were analyzed based on gender, age group, for each task. Relationship between mechanism for phonology and morphology could be established, as children with phonological errors also had morphological errors.