PSYC 432 Lecture Notes - Lecture 21: Phonemic Awareness, Homophone
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Writing systems: syllabic: symbols represent syllables (japanese, logographic: symbols for words, alphabetic: letters represent sounds. Is the target a member of the category flower: homophone (rows) = slower. Irregular english spelling: more ambiguity: one sound maps onto multiple letters (cid:523)(cid:498)sh(cid:499)(cid:524) = mission, tradition, fish, one letter maps onto multiple sounds (a) = cat, father, about. You need a longer exposure to recognize infrequent words: regularity. Vs. pint: frequency x regularity affects reaction time (facilitates word recognition) Frequent (irregular or regular) = easy (gave, have) How do we read words: model 1 - two routes to reading: the dual-route model. The ability to read non-words somewhat better: model 2 one system for both regular and irregular words: connectionist. We read regular and irregular words using the same mechanism. Orthographic input leads to activation in both the phonology and model meaning.
