Table 3.
Percentage of Vowels (Standard Deviation in Parentheses) in Children's Spellings in English and Portuguese
| English |
Portuguese |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| CV Structure | Prephonological | Phonological | Prephonological | Phonological |
| CVC | .38 (.14) | .37 (.19) | .46 (.18) | .42 (.08) |
| CVCV | .37 (.12) | .40 (.16) | .45 (.21) | .50 (.07) |
| CCV | .37 (.14) | .37 (.17) | .46 (.18) | .43 (.10) |