Pseudohomophone effects and phonological recoding procedures in reading development in English and German

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Children learning to read English and German showed differing results when exposed to nonwords that sound close to actual words. Naming produced significant pseudohomophone effects in English but not German, while the same effects appeared during lexical decision in German but not in English.

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Computation of semantic number from morphological information

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Three experiments examine the computation of semantic number for singulars and plurals from the morphological properties of visually presented words. The studies show that semantic number is automatically computed by the grammar on-line from morphological inflections.

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Phonological constraints on reading: evidence from the Obligatory Contour Principle

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The Obligatory Contour Principle (OCP) is discussed in relation to phonological constraints in reading in Hebrew. Topics include the nature of OCP effects, OCP effects in Hebrew root structure, and the effect on reading performance.

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