Psychology 2134A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Orthographic Depth, Logogram, Alphabeta

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2134A/B
• Professor: Sarah Smits- Bandstra

Document Summary

We all learn spoken language effortlessly as we grow up, because the brain has evolved dedicated systems for processing speech. However, reading is a recent invention that requires years of effortful training with varying degrees of success. Logogram a written symbol that represents a word or morpheme. Syllabary a writing system that represents each syllable with a. Alphabet a writing system that represents each phoneme with a different symbol different symbol. Orthography the set of rules for writing the words of a language. Shallow orthography the situation in which spelling and. Deep orthography the situation in which spelling and pronunciation pronunciation are closely matched (as in spanish) are poorly matched (as in english) Homophones words with the same pronunciation but different meanings. Often with different spellings (as in to, too, and two) Homographs words that are spelled the same but pronounced differently. And have different meanings (as in read or lead)