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Record Nr.

UNINA9910457928903321

Autore

Shimron Joseph

Titolo

Reading Hebrew : The Language and the Psychology of Reading It

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Routledge, Dec. 2005

Ipswich, : Ebsco Publishing [distributor]

ISBN

1-135-60979-9

1-282-37565-2

9786612375651

1-4106-1718-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Disciplina

492.4/019

Soggetti

Hebrew language - Psychological aspects

Reading, Psychology of

Hebrew language - Morphology

Hebrew language - History

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 171-189) and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 The Hebrew Word; 3 Decoding Hebrew Words; 4 Morphological Aspects of Reading Hebrew Words; 5 The Development of the Hebrew Language; 6 The Evolution of the Hebrew Writing System; 7 The Viability of Literacy in Hebrew; 8 Perceptions and Evidence of Early Literacy in Hebrew; References; Glossary; Author Index; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last two decades, the study of languages and writing systems and their relationship to literacy acquisition has begun to spread beyond studies based mostly on English language learners. As the worldwide demand for literacy continues to grow, researchers from different countries with different language backgrounds have begun examining the connection between their language and writing system and literacy acquisition. This volume is part of this new, emerging field of research. In addition to reviewing psychological research on reading (the author's specialty), the reader is introduced t