O desenvolvimento da consciência morfológica nos estágios iniciais da alfabetiza？？o

evidence from recent studies has shown that morphological awareness relates to both reading and spelling acquisition. however, the age of acquisition of this ability is still a matter of controversy. literature review indentifies two groups of researchers: those that think that this development starts late and those for whom it starts early and interacts with schooling. this paper is the first part of a longitudinal study which looks at the development of morphological awareness in brazilian portuguese. five tasks are used to evaluate 6 to 9 year-old children's morphological awareness. the results show that this ability interacts with schooling at an early age.