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Alphabetic Principle

The Alphabetic Principle is the linguistic concept that constitutes the understanding that written words are composed of letters which systematically represent the individual sounds of spoken language, thereby enabling the decoding of unfamiliar words through letter-sound correspondences.

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Phonemic awareness and letter knowledge in the child's acquisition of the alphabetic principle.

Brian Byrne, Ruth Fielding‐Barnsley · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1989 · 389 citations

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The alphabetic principle and learning to read.

Isabelle Y. Liberman, Donald Shankweiler, Alvin M. Liberman · 1989 · 307 citations

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A system of tone letters

Yuen Ren Chao · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 1930 · 277 citations

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<b>Standard alphabet for reducing unwritten languages and foreign graphic systems to a uniform orthography in European letters</b> . By Richard Lepsius. 2nd, revised edition (London, 1863), ed. with an introduction by J. Alan Kemp. (Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science, I: Amsterdam classics in linguistics, 5.) Amsterdam: Benjamins, 1981. Pp. viii, 99*, xvii, 336. <i>f</i> 95.00.

Carol M. Eastman · Language · 1982 · 230 citations

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Acquiring the alphabetic principle: A case for teaching recognition of phoneme identity.

Brian Byrne, Ruth Fielding‐Barnsley · Journal of Educational Psychology · 1990 · 186 citations

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Authors

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  1. BB
    Brian Byrne

    University of New England, Australia

    5 publications · 696 citations

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  2. DD
    David Diringer

    5 publications · 355 citations

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  3. RF
    Ruth Fielding‐Barnsley

    University of New England, Australia

    4 publications · 619 citations

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  4. SB
    Simina Brânzei

    Aarhus University, Denmark

    2 publications · 20 citations

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  5. RT
    Rebecca Treiman

    Washington University in St. Louis, United States

    2 publications · 97 citations

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  1. University of Cincinnati

    Cincinnati, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  2. University of New England

    Armidale, Australia

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    575 citations

  3. Wayne State University

    Detroit, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    97 citations

  4. Florida SouthWestern State College

    Fort Myers, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    106 citations

  5. Institute for Learning and Development

    Lexington, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  6. Yeungnam University

    Daegu, South Korea

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    34 citations

  7. University of Georgia

    Athens, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    36 citations

  8. Université de Montpellier

    Montpellier, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

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  1. Journal of Educational Psychology

    4 publications · 619 citations

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  2. The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology

    2 publications · 154 citations

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  3. The American Journal of Philology

    AJP · 2 publications · 39 citations

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  4. Current Directions in Psychological Science

    2 publications · 106 citations

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  5. Written Language & Literacy

    WL&L · 2 publications · 35 citations

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