Tatiana Cury Pollo|Brett Kessler|Rebecca Treiman
Statistical patterns in children’s early writing
Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University in St. Louis|Washington University in St. Louis
many theories spelling development claim children begin spell phonologically spellings random strings letters evaluated idea testing young children mean age 4 years 9 months brazil united states selecting group prephonological spellers spellings prephonological group showed number patterns reflected things frequencies letters bigrams childrens language prephonological spellers two countries produced spellings differed respects consistent exposure different written languages found evidence reportedly universal patterns early spelling idea children write one letter syllable overall results reveal early spellings phonological means random universal preserve certain patterns writing children exposed