Phonetic Segmentation and Recoding in the Beginning Reader

Toward a Psychology of Reading 2026 Book chapter

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Authors: Isabelle Y. Liberman, Donald Shankweiler, Alvin M. Liberman, Carol Fowler, F. William Fischer
DOI: 10.4324/9781042011360-5
Cited by: 1

Abstract

The beginning reader–the child of six or thereabout–is an accomplished speaker-hearer of his language and has been for a year or more. Why, then, should he find it hard to read, as so many children do? Why does he not learn to read as naturally and inevitably as he learned to speak and listen? What other abilities, not required for mastery of speech, must he have if he is to cope with language in its written form?

Fields of Study & Subjects

Reading and Literacy Development Language Development and Disorders Phonetics and Phonology Research

Publication details

Journal / source
Toward a Psychology of Reading
Publisher
Routledge
Pages
207–225
Publication date
22 July 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter