Psychology 2134A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Lexical Decision Task, Homophony, Polysemy
15 Apr 2016
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Recognizing a word as a whole unit: vs. No single reading centre : occipital-cortex is not the only reading centre of the brain ( reading network ) throughout the brain. Recognize words as orthographic shapes: sh, st (orthographic knowledge similar to our phonological knowledge) Did we evolve to read: first evidence written words: 3500 bc. Minimal variability: fonts are all basically the same, spelling is (usually) correct. Coarticulation: phonemes are not discrete, no spaces between words. Lots of variability: between speakers, within speakers. Written word recognition is hard: learned later in life, slow to progress (only fluent after many years, slower than listening (speed-reading doesn"t count) Some people never learn to read: dyslexia; illiteracy; cultures without orthography (illiterate societies) Logographic system: each word or morpheme has a symbol. Syllabaries: each distinct syllable has a symbol. Alphabetic system: each phoneme has a symbol. No language fits perfectly into one category. English is usually alphabetic, but what about: save, shoot, through.
