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Distinctive Features of Letters and Alphabet Acquisition

Noonan, Meghan Kathleen
http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1383-8617
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619113340631724

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2021, Master of Arts, Miami University, Speech Pathology and Audiology.
Distinctive features of letters is a prominent theory of letter recognition that proposes individual components of letters are separated and then detected individually in order for a person to recognize the letter. The purpose of this study was to locate existing articles that contain distinctive features lists. A systematic review of the research was conducted to find studies involving theories of distinctive features of letters. This research review led to identification of six articles. I applied data concerning alphabet learning and correlated it with distinctive features identified with a previous analysis. Significant correlations between the letter order theory and letters that slant were found, which suggests a relationship between distinctive features and the order in which children acquire the alphabet. These findings have implications for identifying differences in readers with and without dyslexia.
Arnold Olszewski, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Advisor)
Jenna Silver Luque, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Committee Member)
Kelly Knollman-Porter, Ph.D., CCC-SLP (Committee Member)
Aaron Shield, Ph.D. (Committee Member)
30 p.
Speech Therapy
alphabet, alphabet acquisition; distinctive features, letters, letter learning, letter features, alphabet, alphabet learning

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  • Noonan, M. K. (2021). Distinctive Features of Letters and Alphabet Acquisition [Master's thesis, Miami University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619113340631724

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Noonan, Meghan. Distinctive Features of Letters and Alphabet Acquisition . 2021. Miami University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619113340631724.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Noonan, Meghan. "Distinctive Features of Letters and Alphabet Acquisition ." Master's thesis, Miami University, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1619113340631724

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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