The purpose of the study was to investigate the role of linguistic competence in developmental dyslexia. This was done to determine whether there existed subgroups of dyslexics classified according to linguistic criteria. / Two groups, a control group of normal readers and an experimental group of dyslexic readers, were compased using a series of reading tasks that measured certain components of linguistic competence. / A quantitative analysis between groups revealed differences at the level of linguistic competence. A qualitative analysis of the dyslexic group revealed the existence of three subgroups: a morphological subgroup, a Cloze grammatical subgroup, and a Cloze lexical subgroup. / The study indicates a need for further research in the diagnosis of language deficits in beginning readers to prevent reading problems.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.71942 |
| Date | January 1983 |
| Creators | Théberge, Raymond. |
| Publisher | McGill University |
| Source Sets | Library and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Coverage | Doctor of Philosophy (Department of Linguistics.) |
| Rights | All items in eScholarship@McGill are protected by copyright with all rights reserved unless otherwise indicated. |
| Relation | alephsysno: 000216820, proquestno: AAINK66689, Theses scanned by UMI/ProQuest. |
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