The Comprehension of Differences between Simple and Complex Words in 7 to 12-year-old Persian Speaking Children

Authors

  • Aliyeh Kord-e Zafaranlu Kambuziya
  • Parisa Sadat Mirnejad Tarbiat Modares University
  • Ardeshir Maleki Moghaddam

Keywords:

morphology, word formation, simple, derived, compound

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to study the comprehension of the differences between two groups of words in language; i.e. simple and complex words from the point of the 7 to 12-year-old Persian speaking children. The method of the research is descriptive- analytic and for collecting data, the documentary resources and the course book of elementary students “Bekhanim†have been used. The comprehensive results of this research show that children, in all cases, separate the meaningful units to recognize and comprehend the simple and complex words and they utilize surface structure of the words. Some factors such as 1. space or lack of space, 2. meaningfulness and the independence of each word in a compound, and 3. remaining meaningful or becoming meaningless, when children separate one part of a word, help them recognize the structure of the words. To sum up, children consider a base form for certain words which absolutely is the simple form of each word and accordingly they make complex words or compounds.

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Published

2015-10-30

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Kambuziya, A. K.- e Z., Mirnejad, P. S., & Moghaddam, A. M. (2015). The Comprehension of Differences between Simple and Complex Words in 7 to 12-year-old Persian Speaking Children. Asian Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 3(5). Retrieved from https://ajouronline.com/index.php/AJHSS/article/view/3199

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Vol. 3 No. 5 (2015): October 2015

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