Rewriting in word segmentation in child writing

Abstract

In this work we present data of spontaneous writing referring to episodes of rewriting that correspond to moments in which the child stops writing to rework what he/she had written. It is considered that such data may provide elements that help in the understanding of the process of word conception formulated by the child during the acquisition of writing. Thus, the aim was to describe the possible factors that influenced the rewriting movements linked to word segmentation mainly checking erasure movements of initial tracing of letters, syllables or words during the production of child writing. The organization of rewriting mapping was carried out after careful reading of all texts of the subjects as well as the analysis of filming shot during writing of textual production. Later, we separated each case of rewriting by collection of textual production and by subject. These data were organized according to two moments: the registration of initial writing, expressed in the linguistic structures erased and the registration of final writing that corresponds to rewriting after the erasure of the initial registration. When analyzing the data of the subjects in light of the theory of prosodic constituents (NESPOR; VOGEL, 1986), we considered that the rewriting movements were motivated either by phonological aspects or semantic ones and, at times, the simultaneous effect of information can be noticed as it is a result of such insertion in literate practices (ABAURRE, 1991; CHACON, 2007; CAPRISTANO, 2007; CUNHA, 2004).