caa a22 4500 386334943 CHVBK 20180307111730.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198909 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0142716400008638 doi S0142716400008638 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0142716400008638 Preschool children's explorations of letters in their own names [Elektronische Daten] Preschool children's early understanding of letters was explored using literacy events focusing on name. Five tasks were designed to elicit information about children's conceptualizations of letters in their own names. Responses were analyzed descriptively to determine general patterns. Children were then clustered into strategy groups. These groups provided a basis for a developmental description. Children's own names proved to be a unique source for creating and testing hypotheses concerning letters due to frequent exposure to both the printed script and the oral script (the spelling of name). This exploration was marked by several major transitions: a movement from a unidimensional conceptualization of letters to a multidimensional conceptualization; a movement from general principles to an assimilation of specific knowledge regarding the principles; and a movement from independent explorations of the printed and oral scripts to integration of the two scripts. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Villaume Susan Kidd Auburn University Wilson Lavisa Cam Auburn University Applied Psycholinguistics Cambridge University Press 10/3(1989-09), 283-300 0142-7164 10:3<283 1989 10 APS https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716400008638 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0142716400008638 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Villaume Susan Kidd Auburn University NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Wilson Lavisa Cam Auburn University NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Applied Psycholinguistics Cambridge University Press 10/3(1989-09), 283-300 0142-7164 10:3<283 1989 10 APS CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge