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Brown, G. D. A. (Gordon D. A.) and Watson, Frances L. (1994) Spelling-to-sound effects in single-word reading. British Journal of Psychology, Vol.85 (No.2). pp. 181-202. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8295.1994.tb02518.x
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Abstract
Computational modelling of word-naming processes has suggested that the frequency of spelling-to-sound correspondence facilitates print-to-sound translation time and has given rise to predictions that are supported by empirical data (Brown, 1987 a). This contrasts with earlier claims that regularity is the only spelling-to-sound correspondence attribute that determines word-naming time. Here we report further evidence for the effects of the frequency of spelling-to-sound correspondences on word-naming latency. Experiment 1 excludes alternative, orthographic neighbourhood interpretations of the putative spelling-to-sound effects. Experiment 2 shows that a word's number of rhymes does not affect naming latency for that word, thus excluding explanations in terms of output phonology. Experiment 3 replicates earlier findings that a word's spelling-to-sound enemies, as well as friends, determine naming latency. Thus both the regularity and the frequency of spelling-to-sound correspondences influence word-naming time. The implications for models of oral reading processes are explored.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Science > Psychology | ||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Phonetics, Reading, Psychology of, Computational linguistics, Oral reading | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | British Journal of Psychology | ||||
| Publisher: | John Wiley & Sons Ltd. | ||||
| ISSN: | 00071269 | ||||
| Official Date: | 1994 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.85 | ||||
| Number: | No.2 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 181-202 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1994.tb02518.x | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Funder: | Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC), Economic and Social Research Council (Great Britain) (ESRC), Leverhulme Trust (LT) |
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