Open AccessThe Relation of Morphological Awareness and Syntactic Awareness to Adults’ Reading Comprehension
Author(s) -
Ying Guo,
Alysia D. Roehrig,
Rihana S. Williams
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of literacy research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.283
H-Index - 43
eISSN - 1554-8430
pISSN - 1086-296X
DOI - 10.1177/1086296x11403086
Subject(s) - reading comprehension , vocabulary , comprehension , reading (process) , psychology , structural equation modeling , linguistics , relation (database) , vocabulary development , cognitive psychology , computer science , philosophy , database , machine learning
The authors’ goal was to examine the structural relationships among vocabulary knowledge, morphological awareness, syntactic awareness, and reading comprehension in English-speaking adults. Structural equation analysis of data collected from 151 participants revealed that morphological awareness affected reading comprehension directly. Syntactic awareness predicted reading comprehension not only directly but also indirectly via vocabulary knowledge. Vocabulary knowledge made an independent contribution to reading comprehension above and beyond those of morphologic awareness and syntactic awareness.