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Title The relationship between appreciation of riddles and Chinese text comprehension in children Author(s) Tang, Nga-yee, Ivy; 鄧雅怡 Citation Issued Date 2011 URL /10722/192905 The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) Rights and the right to use in future works. Relationship Between Riddles and Text Comprehension Running Head: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN APPRECIATION OF RIDDLES AND CHINESE TEXT COMPREHENSION IN CHILDREN The Relationship between Appreciation of Riddles and Chinese Text Comprehension in Children Tang Nga Yee, Ivy A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, June 30, 2011. Relationship Between Riddles and Text Comprehension 2 Abstract The present study investigated (1) the role of riddle appreciation and reading accuracy in Chinese written text comprehension, and (2) relationship between different types of riddles and Chinese written text comprehension in 40 Cantonese-speaking children aged 9;0 to 11;0 studying in Grade 4. Due to the imperative role of metalinguistic knowledge and riddle appreciation, it was hypothesized that riddle appreciation would show high correlation with Chinese written text comprehension. The findings supported the hypothesis and previous literature that both riddle appreciation and reading accuracy were closely related to Chinese written text comprehension. Regression analyses indicated a significant linear relationship only between riddle appreciation and written text comprehension. Among lexical, morphological, orthographic, phonological, pragmatic and syntactic riddles, all