Language by ear and by eye : the relationships between speech and reading : [proceedings of a conference on "The relationships between speech and learning to read", sponsored by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Instit

Why do most children acquire speech easily yet bog down when it comes to learning to read? This important question is the starting point for the twenty-two contribution to Language by Ear and by Eye. Based on a research conference on "The Relationships between Speech and Learning to Read," which was sponsored by the Growth and Development Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, the book brings together contributions by distinguished specialists in linguistics, speech perception, psycholinguistics, information processing, and reading research. Background To The Conference / James J. Jenkins And Alvin M. Liberman -- Reading For Some Purpose : Keynote Address / Eleanor J. Gibson -- How Is Language Conveyed By Speech? / Franklin S. Cooper -- Segments, Features, And Analysis By Synthesis / Kenneth N. Stevens -- How Alphabets Might Reflect Language / Edward S. Klima -- Nonalphabetic Writing Systems : Some Observations / Samuel E. Martin -- The Case For Ideographic Writing / John B. Carroll -- Our Collective Phonological Illusions : Young And Old / Wayne O'neil -- How Language Is Conveyed By Script / John Lotz -- Reading, The Linguistic Process, And Linguistic Awareness / Ignatius G. Mattingly -- On A Parrallel Between Conventions Of Versification And Orthography; And On Literacy Among The Cherokee / Morris Halle -- Component Processes In Reading : A Performance Analysis / Michael I. Posner, Joe L. Lewis, And Carol Conrad -- Some Problems Of Classification / Paul A. Kolers -- Speech And Reading / R. Conrad -- Beyond Auditory Coding / David Laberge -- Visual And Auditory Memory / Robert G. Crowder -- The Role Of Memory In The Understanding Of Language / Donald A. Norman -- Misreading : A Search For Causes / Donald Shankweiler And Isabelle Y. Liberman -- What The Child Knows About Speech When He Starts To Learn To Read / Harris B. Savin -- One Second Of Reading / Philip B. Gough -- Is Reading A Letter-by-letter Process? / William F. Brewer -- Reflections On The Conference / George A. Miller. Edited By James F. Kavanagh And Ignatius G. Mattingly. Proceedings Of A Conference On 'the Relationships Between Speech And Learning To Read' In A Series Entitled Communicating By Language, Sponsored By The National Institute Of Child Health And Human Development, National Institutes Of Health [held May 16-19, 1971, At Belmont, Elkridge, Md.] Includes Bibliographies. A collection of papers exploring why children acquire speech easily yet bog down when it comes to learning to read. Why do most children acquire speech easily yet bog down when it comes to learning to read? This important question is the starting point for the twenty-two contribution to Language by Ear and by Eye . Based on a research conference on The Relationships between Speech and Learning to Read, which was sponsored by the Growth and Development Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, the book brings together contributions by distinguished specialists in linguistics, speech perception, psycholinguistics, information processing, and reading research.

Why do most children acquire speech easily yet bog down when it comes to learning to read? This important question is the starting point for the twenty-two contribution to Language by Ear and by Eye. Based on a research conference on "The Relationships between Speech and Learning to Read," which was sponsored by the Growth and Development Branch of the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health, the book brings together contributions by distinguished specialists in linguistics, speech perception, psycholinguistics, information processing, and reading research.