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Hartmut Gnther

Der Vistembor brehlte dem Luhr Knotten auf den bänken Leuster – Wie sich die Fähigkeit zur satzinternen Großschreibung entwickelt

Keywords: German orthography, historical development of capitalizing nouns, pseudoword dictation, pseudoword spelling, spelling acquisition, use of capital letters

Using capital letters within sentences not only for proper names but also for nouns is a specific feature of the German writing system. A short sketch of the historical development and two different approaches to the description of this phenomenon is given. Data using the dictation of pseudoword texts show that the ability to master this feature of German orthography develops independently of the way the rule of capitalizing nouns is taught at school.

Zeitschrift für Sprachwissenschaft, Walter de Gruyter

Print ISSN: 0721-9067
Volume: 26, 01/2007
Pages: 155 - 179

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