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MAWRID: A Model of Arabic Word Reading in Development
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This article offers a model of Arabic word reading according to which three conspicuous features of the Arabic language and orthography shape the development of word reading in this language: (a) vowelization/vocalization, or the use of diacritical marks to represent short vowels and other features of articulation; (b) morphological structure, namely, the predominance and transparency of derivational morphological structure in the linguistic and orthographic representation of the Arabic word; and (c) diglossia, specifically, the lexical and lexico-phonological distance between the spoken and the standard forms of Arabic words. It is argued that the triangulation of these features governs the acquisition and deployment of reading mechanisms across development. Moreover, the difficulties that readers encounter in their journey from beginning to skilled reading may be better understood if evaluated within these language-specific features of Arabic language and orthography.
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- Authors
- Saiegh-Haddad, E.
- Affiliations
- Bar-Ilan University Israel, Ramat Gan
- Venue
- Journal of Learning Disabilities
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2017-07-17
- Volume
- 51
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 454-462
- ISSN
- 0022-2194 (ISSN-L)
- 1538-4780
- OpenAlex
- W2736647809
- Cited by
- 124
- References
- 51
- Citations by year
- 2026: 16 · 2025: 12 · 2024: 19 · 2023: 17 · 2022: 26 · 2021: 7 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 3 · 2018: 8 · 2017: 2
- FWCI
- 13.25
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Learning Disabilities (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
- Social Sciences › Education › Arabic Language Education Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Language Development and Disorders
- Keywords
- reading acquisition, vowelization, diacritics, derivational morphology, diglossia, orthography, reading development, phonological distance
- MeSH terms
- Child, Child Development, Humans, Models, Psychological, Psycholinguistics, Reading, Arabs
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