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Theories of Reading Development
Edited by Kate Cain, Donald L. Compton and Rauno K. Parrila
[Studies in Written Language and Literacy 15] 2017
► pp. 239–256

Vocabulary, morphology, and reading comprehension

| Florida State University
| Florida State University
| Florida State University
Article outline
  • What does it mean to know a word?
    • Vocabulary knowledge
    • Morphological awareness
    • Relations between vocabulary knowledge and morphological awareness
  • How do vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension co-develop?
    • Instrumental relations between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension
    • Indirect effects of vocabulary knowledge on reading comprehension
    • Instrumental effects of reading comprehension on vocabulary knowledge
    • Third variable relations between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension
    • Longitudinal studies of relations between vocabulary knowledge and reading comprehension
  • Summary
  • References
Published online: 14 August 2017
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https://doi.org/10.1075/swll.15.14spe
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