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Underdifferentiation
The representation of two or more phonemes, syllables, or morphemes with a single symbol. For example, the symbol S is used to represent /s/ /z/ and /sh/.
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Graphophonic
See graphophonemic
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Deep orthography
A writing system that does not have consistent or one-to-one correspondence between the phonemes in speech and the written code. English is an example of a deep orthography -- no phoneme is consistent [..]
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Verbal Efficiency Theory
The Verbal Efficiency Theory is attributed to Perfetti & Lesgold (1979). It states that mere word recognition accuracy is not, in itself, sufficient to enable fluent reading comprehension. Instead [..]
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affix
An attachment to the end or beginning of base or root word. A generic term that describes prefixes and suffixes.
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Age equivalent scores
In a norm-referenced assessment, individual student's scores are reported relative to those of the norming population. This can be done in a variety of ways, but one way is to report the average [..]
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Alliteration
The repetition of initial phoneme either across syllables or across words. For example, "Happy hippos hop on Harry." See onset
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ALLOMORPH
An alternative manifestation of a morpheme (a set of meaningful linguistic units). Allomorphs vary in shape or pronunciation according to their conditions of use, but not as to meaning. In English, th [..]
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ALLOPHONE
A phonetic variant of a phoneme in a particular language. For example, [p] and [pH] are allophones of the phoneme /p/; [t] and tH] are allophones of the phoneme /t/.
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alphabetic principle
Understanding that spoken words are decomposed into phonemes, and that the letters in written words represent the phonemes in spoken words when spoken words are represented in text.
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