Neighborhood Effects on Nonword Visual Processing in a Language with Shallow Orthography
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| Title: | Neighborhood Effects on Nonword Visual Processing in a Language with Shallow Orthography |
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| Language: | English |
| Authors: | Arduino, Lisa S., Burani, Cristina |
| Source: | Journal of Psycholinguistic Research. Jan 2004 33(1):75-95. |
| Availability: | Springer. 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013. Tel: 800-777-4643; Tel: 212-460-1500; Fax: 212-348-4505; e-mail: service-ny@springer.com; Web site: http://www.springerlink.com |
| Peer Reviewed: | Y |
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| Page Count: | 21 |
| Publication Date: | 2004 |
| Document Type: | Journal Articles Reports - Research |
| Descriptors: | Vocabulary, Interaction, Language Research, Error Patterns, Comparative Analysis, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence, Phonemes, Visual Stimuli, Reading Processes, Phonology, Psycholinguistics |
| DOI: | 10.1023/B:JOPR.0000010515.58435.68 |
| ISSN: | 0090-6905 |
| Abstract: | Neighborhood size and neighborhood frequency were orthogonally varied in two experiments on Italian nonwords. In Experiment 1, an inhibitory effect of neighborhood frequency on visual lexical decision was found: The presence of one high-frequency neighbor increased response latencies and error rates to nonwords. By contrast, no effect of neighborhood size and no neighborhood size x neighborhood frequency interaction were found. In Experiment 2, a facilitatory effect of neighborhood size on nonword naming was shown: Naming latencies were faster when nonwords had a large neighborhood. In the naming experiment, there was no effect of neighbors' frequency and no neighborhood size x neighborhood frequency interaction. An additional role for bigram frequency was found whereas syllable frequency did not give any independent contribution. These results further corroborate the view that, in a language with transparent orthography like Italian, despite a substantial contribution of sublexical print-to-sound mapping due to the language's high regularity/consistency, reading aloud of nonlexical material may benefit from the contribution of the lexical component. |
| Abstractor: | As Provided |
| Entry Date: | 2009 |
| Accession Number: | EJ851474 |
| Database: | ERIC |
| Abstract: | Neighborhood size and neighborhood frequency were orthogonally varied in two experiments on Italian nonwords. In Experiment 1, an inhibitory effect of neighborhood frequency on visual lexical decision was found: The presence of one high-frequency neighbor increased response latencies and error rates to nonwords. By contrast, no effect of neighborhood size and no neighborhood size x neighborhood frequency interaction were found. In Experiment 2, a facilitatory effect of neighborhood size on nonword naming was shown: Naming latencies were faster when nonwords had a large neighborhood. In the naming experiment, there was no effect of neighbors' frequency and no neighborhood size x neighborhood frequency interaction. An additional role for bigram frequency was found whereas syllable frequency did not give any independent contribution. These results further corroborate the view that, in a language with transparent orthography like Italian, despite a substantial contribution of sublexical print-to-sound mapping due to the language's high regularity/consistency, reading aloud of nonlexical material may benefit from the contribution of the lexical component. |
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| ISSN: | 0090-6905 |
| DOI: | 10.1023/B:JOPR.0000010515.58435.68 |
