PURPOSE: (1) verify if orthographic omissions occurred mainly in the whole syllable or in syllable parts; (2) characterize the distribution of these omissions according to syllabic parts of the omitted graphemes; (3) in both possibilities, verify if such omissions mainly occurred in stressed or unstressed word positions. METHODS: data collected from texts produced by 5 to 6-year-old Brazilian pre-school children. RESULTS: as for (1), omissions in syllable parts occurred significantly more often (p < 0,0001). In (2), omissions in syllabic coda were statistically more significant (p < 0.0000). While in (3), the stressed positions were relevant only to omissions concerning syllable parts (p < 0.0000). CONCLUSION: the omissions in children writing are highly complex. So that this complexity should be taken into account in writing evaluation procedures.
Handwriting; Phonetics; Learning
