Notwithstanding remarkable phonological differences, the CV syllable is the most frequent syllable type in both Russian and Hebrew. This led to the prediction that the internal structure of the CVC syllable in the two languages, as reflected in phonological awareness tasks, might be similar. The study tested phonological awareness in two groups of monolingual kindergarteners: Hebrew-speaking (N = 35) and Russian-speaking (N = 20) in order to shed light on the underlying structure of the CVC syllable in the two languages. Phonological awareness tasks targeted awareness of the sub-syllabic structure (structured and unstructured) and phoneme awareness (initial and final). A linear mixed model analysis revealed that children in both groups showed greater facility with body-coda CV-C than with onset-rime C-VC syllable splitting and higher scores on final than on initial phoneme isolation tasks. The unstructured tasks also reflected the cohesion of the CV body in both languages. The findings demonstrate a similar internal representation of the CVC syllable in Russian and in Hebrew speakers as reflected in phonological awareness among preschoolers.

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俄语和希伯来语音节的内部结构：来自单语幼儿园儿童的证据

尽管存在显着的语音差异，但 CV 音节是俄语和希伯来语中最常见的音节类型。这导致预测两种语言中 CVC 音节的内部结构，如语音意识任务中所反映的那样，可能是相似的。该研究测试了两组单语幼儿园儿童的语音意识：讲希伯来语的（否= 35) 和俄语 (否= 20) 以阐明两种语言中 CVC 音节的基本结构。语音意识任务针对子音节结构（结构化和非结构化）和音素意识（初始和最终）的意识。线性混合模型分析显示，两组儿童在体尾 CV-C 方面表现出比在起始韵母 C-VC 音节分裂方面更熟练，并且在最终音素隔离任务中的得分高于初始音素隔离任务。非结构化任务也反映了两种语言的简历主体的凝聚力。研究结果表明，学龄前儿童的语音意识反映了俄语和希伯来语中 CVC 音节的相似内部表征。