Publications

Hayes, H., Treiman, R., & Geers, A. E. (in press). Spelling in deaf children with cochlear implants: Implications for instruction. In B. Arfé, J. Dockrell, & V. Berninger (Eds.), Writing development and instruction in children with hearing, speech and oral language difficulties. New York: Oxford University Press.
Treiman, R. (in press). Linguistics and reading. In M. Aronoff and J. Rees-Miller (Eds.), Handbook of linguistics, 2nd edition. Oxford, England: Blackwell.
Clifton, C., Jr., Meyer, A. S., Wurm, L. H., & Treiman, R. (2013). Language comprehension and production. In A. F. Healy & R. W. Proctor (Eds.), Experimental psychology. Volume 4 in I. B. Weiner (Editor-in-Chief), Handbook of psychology (2nd ed., pp. 523-547). New York: Wiley.
Kessler, B., Pollo, T. C., Treiman, R., & Cardoso-Martins, C. (2013). Frequency analyses of
prephonological spellings as predictors of later success in conventional spelling. Journal of
Learning Disabilities, 46, 252-259. doi:10.1177/0022219412449440
Read, C., & Treiman, R. (2013). Children’s invented spelling: What we have learned in forty years. In M. Piattelli-Palmarini & R. C. Berwick (Eds.), Rich languages from poor inputs (pp. 197-211). New York: Oxford University Press.
Treiman, R., & Allaith, Z. (2013). Do reading habits influence aesthetic preferences? Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal.
Treiman, R. Stothard, S. E., & Snowling, M. J. (2013). Instruction matters: Spelling of vowels by children in England and the US. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 26, 473-487.
Kessler, B., Pollo, T. C., Treiman, R., & Cardoso-Martins, C. (2012). Frequency analyses of prephonological spellings as predictors of success in conventional spelling. Journal of Learning Disabilities. Advance online publication. doi:10.1177/0022219412449440
Robins, S., Treiman, R., Rosales, N., & Otake, S. (2012). Parent-child conversations about letters and pictures. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 25, 2039-2059. doi:10.1007/s11145-011-9344-5
Treiman, R., Levin, I., & Kessler, B. (2012). Linking the shapes of alphabet letters to their
sounds: The case of Hebrew. Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 25, 569–585.
Xiao, W., & Treiman, R. (2012). Iconicity of simple Chinese characters. Behavior Research
Methods, 44, 954–960. doi:10.3758/s13428-012-0191-3
Hayes, H., Kessler, B., & Treiman, R. (2011). Spelling of deaf children who use cochlear implants. Scientific Studies of Reading, 15, 522-539. doi: 10.1080/10888438.2010.528480
Treiman, R. (2011). Spelling. In P. C. Hogan (Ed.), Cambridge encyclopedia of the language sciences (pp. 799–800). New York: Cambridge University Press
Treiman, R. & Kessler, B. (2011). Similarities among the shapes of writing and their effects on learning. Written Language and Literacy, 14, 39–57.
Treiman, R., & Yin, L. (2011). Early differentiation between drawing and writing in Chinese children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 108, 786–801. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2010.08.013
Cutler, A., Treiman, R., & van Ooijen, B. (2010). Strategic deployment of orthographic knowledge in phoneme detection. Language and Speech, 53, 307–320. doi: 10.1177/0023830910371445
Nag, S., Treiman, R., & Snowling, M. (2010). Learning to spell in an alphasyllabary: The case of Kannada. Writing Systems Research, 2, 41–52. doi: 10.1093/wsr/wsq001
Treiman, R., Levin, I., & Kessler, B. (2010). Linking the shapes of alphabet letters to their sounds: The case of Hebrew. Reading and Writing. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1007/s11145-010-9286-3
Bourassa, D., & Treiman, R. (2009). Linguistic foundations of spelling development. In D. Wyse, R. Andrews, & J. Hoffman (Eds.), Routledge international handbook of English, language and literacy teaching (pp. 182–192). London: Routledge.
Ellefson, M., Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2009). Learning to label letters by sounds or names: A comparison of England and the United States. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 102, 323-341. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2008.05.008
Hayes, H., Geers, A. E., Treiman, R., & Moog, J. S. (2009). Receptive vocabulary development in deaf children with cochlear implants: Achievement in an intensive auditory-oral educational setting. Ear and Hearing, 30, 128-135. doi: 10.1097/AUD.0b013e3181926524
Pollo, T. C., Kessler, B., & Treiman, R. (2009). Statistical patterns in children's early writing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 104, 410-426. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2009.07.003
Robins, S., & Treiman, R. (2009). Learning about writing begins informally. In D. Aram and D. Ravid (Eds.), Literacy: Development and enhancement across orthographies and cultures (pp. 17–30). New York: Springer.
Robins, S., & Treiman, R., (2009). Talking about writing: What we can learn from conversations between parents and their young children. Applied Psycholinguistics, 30, 463–484. doi: 10.1017/S0142716409090237
Joshi, R. M., Treiman, R., Carreker, S., & Moats, L. C. (2008–2009). How words cast their spell. American Educator, 6–43.
Bourassa, D., & Treiman, R. (2008). Morphological constancy in spelling: A comparison of children with dyslexia and typically developing children. Dyslexia, 14, 155–169. doi: 10.1002/dys.368
Bowman, M., & Treiman, R. (2008). Are young children logographic readers and spellers? Scientific Studies of Reading, 12, 185-202.
Kessler, B., Treiman, R., & Mullennix, J. (2008). Feedback-consistency effects in single-word reading. In E. L. Grigorenko & A. J. Naples (Eds.), Single-word reading: Behavioral and biological perspectives (pp. 159–174). New York: Erlbaum.
Pollo, T., Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2008). Preschoolers use partial letter names to select spellings: Evidence from Portuguese. Applied Psycholinguistics, 29, 195-212. doi: 10.1017/S0142716407080095
Pollo, T. C., Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2008). Three perspectives on spelling development. In E. J. Grigorenko & A. Naples (Eds.), Single-word reading: Cognitive, behavioral, and biological perspectives. (pp. 175-189). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Treiman, R., Pennington, B. F., Shriberg, L. D., & Boada, R. (2008). Which children benefit from letter names in learning letter sounds? Cognition, 106, 1322-1338. doi: 10.1016/j.cognition.2007.06.006
Balota, D. A., Yap, M. J., Cortese, M. J., Hutchison, K. I., Kessler, B., Loftis, B., Neely, J. H., Nelson, D. L., Simpson, G. B., & Treiman, R. (2007). The English Lexicon Project. Behavior Research Methods, 39, 445-459.
Bourassa, D., & Treiman, R. (2007). Linguistic factors in spelling development. In Language and literacy encyclopedia.
Lehtonen, A., & Treiman, R. (2007). Adults' knowledge of phoneme-letter relationships is phonology-based and flexible. Applied Psycholinguistics, 28, 95-114. doi: 10.1017/S0142716406070056
Treiman, R., Cohen, J., Mulqueeny, K., Kessler, B., & Schechtman, S. (2007). Young children's knowledge about printed names. Child Development, 78, 1458-1471. Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-8624.2007.01077.x
Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2007). Learning to read. In M. G. Gaskell (Ed.), Oxford handbook of psycholinguistics (pp. 657-666). Oxford, England: Oxford University Press.
Treiman, R., Kessler, B., & Evans, R. (2007). Anticipatory conditioning of spelling-to-soundtranslation. Journal of Memory and Language, 56, 229-245. doi: 10.1016/j.jml.2006.06.001
Treiman, R., Levin, I., & Kessler, B. (2007). Learning of letter names follows similar principles across languages: Evidence from Hebrew. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 96, 87-106. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2006.08.002
Ashby, J., Treiman, R., Kessler, B., & Rayner, K. (2006). Vowel processing during silent reading: Evidence from eye movements. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 32, 416-24. doi: 10.1037/0278-7393.32.2.416
Bourassa, D., Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2006). Use of morphology in spelling by children with dyslexia and typically developing children. Memory & Cognition, 34, 703-714. doi: 10.3758/BF03193589
Hayes, H., Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2006). Children use vowels to help them spell consonants. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 94, 27-42. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.11.001
Treiman, R. (2006). Knowledge about letters as a foundation for reading and spelling. In R. M. Joshi & P. G. Aaron (Eds.), Handbook of orthography and literacy (pp. 581-599). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2006). Spelling as statistical learning: Using consonantal context to spell vowels. Journal of Educational Psychology, 98, 642-652. doi: 10.1037/0022-0663.98.3.642
Treiman, R., Kessler, B., & Pollo, T. C. (2006). Learning about the letter name subset of the vocabulary: Evidence from U.S. and Brazilian preschoolers. Applied Psycholinguistics, 27, 211-227. doi: 10.1017/S0142716406060255
Treiman, R., Kessler, B., Zevin, J., Bick, S., & Davis, M. (2006). Influence of consonantal context on the reading of vowels: Evidence from children. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 93, 1-24. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.06.008
Cassar, M., Treiman, R., Moats, L., Pollo, T. C., & Kessler, B. (2005). How do the spellings of children with dyslexia compare with those of typical children? Reading and Writing, 18, 27-49. doi: 10.1007/s11145-004-2345-x
Pollo, T. C., Kessler, B., & Treiman, R. (2005). Vowels, syllables, and letter names: Differences between young children's spelling in English and Portuguese. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 92, 161-181. doi: 10.1016/j.jecp.2005.01.006
Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2005). Writing systems and spelling development. In M. Snowling & C. Hulme (Eds.), Science of reading: A handbook (pp.120-134). Oxford, England: Blackwell.
Bernstein, S., & Treiman, R. (2004). Pronouncing novel graphemes: The role of consonantal context. Memory & Cognition, 32, 905-915.
Bowman, M., & Treiman, R. (2004). Stepping stones to reading. Theory into Practice, 43(4), 295-303.
Cassar, M., & Treiman, R. (2004). Developmental variations in spelling: Comparing typical and poor spellers. In C. A. Stone, E. R. Silliman, B. Ehren, & K. Apel (Eds.), Handbook of language and literacy: Development and disorders. New York: Guilford.
Ross, S., Treiman, R., & Bick, S. (2004). Task demands and knowledge influence how children learn to read words. Cognitive Development, 19, 417-431. doi: 10.1016/j.cogdev.2004.05.001
Treiman, R. (2004). Phonology and spelling. In P. Bryant & T. Nunes (Eds.), Handbook of children's literacy (pp. 31-42). Dordrecht, the Netherlands: Kluwer.
Treiman, R. (2004). Spelling and dialect: Comparison between speakers of African American Vernacular English and White speakers. Psychonomic Bulletin & Review, 11, 338-342.
Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2004). The case of case: Children's knowledge and use of upper- and lowercase letters. Applied Psycholinguistics, 25, 413-428. Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading. AMPR test instrument. doi: 10.1017/S0142716404001195
Bourassa, D., & Treiman, R. (2003). Spelling in dyslexic children: Analyses from the Treiman-Bourassa Early Spelling Test. Scientific Studies of Reading, 7, 309-333.
Kessler, B., & Treiman, R. (2003). Is English spelling chaotic? Misconceptions concerning its irregularity. Reading Psychology, 24, 267-289. doi: 10.1080/02702710390227228
McBride-Chang, C., & Treiman, R. (2003). Hong Kong Chinese kindergartners learn to read English analytically. Psychological Science, 14, 138-143. doi: 10.1111/1467-9280.t01-1-01432
Treiman, R., Clifton, C., Jr., Meyer, A. S., & Wurm, L. H. (2003). Language comprehension and production. In A. F. Healy & R. W. Proctor (Eds.), Experimental Psychology. Volume 4 in I. B. Weiner (Editor-in-Chief), Handbook of psychology (pp. 527-547). New York: Wiley.
Treiman, R., & Kessler, B. (2003). The role of letter names in the acquisition of literacy. In R. Kail (Ed.), Advances in Child Development and Behavior, Vol. 31 (pp. 105-135). San Diego: Academic Press.
Treiman, R., Kessler, B., & Bick, S. (2003). Influence of consonantal context on the pronunciation of vowels: A comparison of human readers and computational models. Cognition, 88, 49-78. Presentation at the Psychonomic Society. doi: 10.1016/S0010-0277(03)00003-9
Bowman, M., & Treiman, R. (2002). Relating print and speech: The effects of letter names and word position on reading and spelling performance. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 82, 305-340. doi: 10.1016/S0022-0965(02)00101-7
Kessler, B., Treiman, R., & Mullennix, J. (2002). Phonetic biases in voice key response time measurements. Journal of Memory and Language, 47, 145-171. doi: 10.1006/jmla.2001.2835
Treiman, R., Bowey, J., & Bourassa, D. (2002). Segmentation of spoken words into syllables by English-speaking children as compared to adults. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 83, 213-238. Presentation at the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading.
Treiman, R., Kessler, B., & Bick, S. (2002). Context sensitivity in the spelling of English vowels. Journal of Memory and Language, 47, 448-468. doi: 10.1016/S0749-596X(02)00010-4
Bernstein, S., & Treiman, R. (2001). Learning a novel grapheme: Effects of positional and phonemic context on children's spelling. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 79, 56-77. doi: 10.1006/jecp.2000.2584
Bourassa, D., & Treiman, R. (2001). Spelling development and disability: The importance of linguistic factors. Language, Speech and Hearing Services in Schools, 32, 172-181. doi: 10.1044/0161-1461(2001/016)
Kessler, B., & Treiman, R. (2001). Relationships between sounds and letters in English monosyllables. Journal of Memory and Language, 44, 592-617. doi: 10.1006/jmla.2000.2745
Reece, C. & Treiman, R. (2001). Children's spelling of syllabic /r/ and of letter-name vowels: Broadening the study of spelling development. Applied Psycholinguistics, 22, 139-165.
Treiman, R. (2001). Reading. In M. Aronoff and J. Rees-Miller (Eds.), Handbook of Linguistics (pp. 664-672). Oxford, England: Blackwell.
Treiman, R., Kessler, B., & Bourassa, D. (2001). Children's own names influence their spelling. Applied Psycholinguistics, 22, 555-570. PDF of talk at SSSR.
Treiman, R., Sotak, L., & Bowman, M. (2001). The roles of letter names and letter sounds in connecting print and speech. Memory & Cognition, 29, 860-873.
Treiman, R. (2000). The foundations of literacy. Current Directions in Psychological Science, 9, 89-92. doi: 10.1111/1467-8721.00067
Treiman, R., & Barry, C. (2000). Dialect and authography: Some differences between American and British spellers. Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 26, 1423-1430.
Treiman, R., & Bourassa, D. (2000). Children's written and oral spelling. Applied Psycholinguistics, 21, 183-204.
Treiman, R., & Bourassa, D. (2000). The development of spelling skill. Topics in Language Disorders, 20, 1-18.
Treiman, R., Kessler, B., Knewasser, S., Tincoff, R., & Bowman, M. (2000). English speakers' sensitivity to phonotactic patterns. In M. B. Broe & J. B. Pierrehumbert(Eds.), Papers in Laboratory Phonology V: Acquisition and the lexicon (pp. 269-282). Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press.
Treiman, R., & Rodriguez, K. (1999). Young children use letter names in learning to read words. Psychological Science, 10, 334-338. doi: 10.1111/1467-9280.00164
Treiman, R. (1998). Why spelling? The benefits of incorporating spelling into beginning reading instruction. In J. L. Metsala & L. C. Ehri (Eds.), Word recognition in beginning literacy (pp. 289-313). Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum.
Treiman, R., & Broderick, V. (1998). What's in a name: Children's knowledge about the letters in their own names. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 70, 97-116. doi: 10.1006/jecp.1998.2448
Treiman, R., Broderick, V., Tincoff, R., & Rodriguez, K. (1998). Children's phonological awareness: Confusions between phonemes that differ only in voicing. Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, 68, 3-21. doi: 10.1006/jecp.1997.2410
Treiman, R., Tincoff, R., Rodriguez, K., Mouzaki, A., & Francis, D. J. (1998). The foundations of literacy: Learning the sounds of letters. Child Development, 69, 1524-1540.
Treiman, R., & Cassar, M. (1997). Can children and adults focus on sound as opposed to spelling in a phoneme counting task? Developmental Psychology, 33, 771-780. doi: 10.1037/0012-1649.33.5.771

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