Preliminary communication
THE INFLUENCE OF THE FREQUENCY OF PHONEMES/GRAPHEMES ON THE MASTERING OF CROATIAN ORTHOGRAPHY
Tamara Gazdić-Alerić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5035-1587
; Učiteljski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Marko Alerić
orcid.org/0000-0002-9528-1540
; Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Božo Bekavac
; Filozofski fakultet, Sveučilište u Zagrebu
Abstract
This research considers the methods which have so far been
used to establish the frequency of the occurrence of phonemes/graphemes in standard Croatian. Further, it presents a modern computational linguistic methodology designed and used for the same purpose. The frequency of the occurrence of phonemes/graphemes is established on the basis of a million-item corpus designed in such a way that its structure reflects the ratios specified in the Croatian National Corpus (HNK). The analysed
corpus is made up of three types of modern texts. Out of these, 60% were taken from a diary, 35% from prose texts, and 5% from a weekly newspaper. After identifying the frequency of the occurrence of phonemes/graphemes, in the Croatian language, the authors establish the most common orthographic deviations from the norm of the standard Croatian language. These deviations were identified in a corpus of primary and secondary pupils’ schoolwork. On the basis of the deviations found in the pupils’ schoolwork, as well as
the information on the frequency of the occurrence of phonemes/graphemes in the Croatian language, the authors propose new methods and procedures in the teaching of the rules of orthography which could contribute to the better mastering of the Croatian orthographic norm.
Keywords
frequency of phonemes/graphemes; orthographic deviations from the norm; better mastering of the orthographic norm
Hrčak ID:
59619
URI
Publication date:
30.6.2010.
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