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um Höfund
Freyja Birgisdóttir (freybi@hi.is) er með doktorspróf í sálfræði og starfar sem lektor við
Menntavísindasvið Háskóla Íslands. Rannsóknarsvið hennar snýr fyrst og fremst að
þróun málvitundar og tengslum máls og læsis. Fyrirspurnum um greinina skal beina
til Freyju Birgisdóttur, Menntavísindasviði Háskóla Íslands, Stakkahlíð, 105 Reykja-
vík.
The effect of morphological training on young
children‘s ability to interpret unfamiliar words
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Research suggests that there are significant individual differences in children’s
vocabulary when they start school. It is, therefore, of great importance to understand
vocabulary growth and find ways of promoting young children’s learning of words.
The aim of this research was to explore the role of morphology in the acquisition of word