The present study investigated the involvement of lexical knowledge in pseudoword reading by Italian children aged 8 to 10. In both lexical decision and reading aloud tasks, inhibitory effects were found on pseudowords derived from high-frequency words in comparison to pseudowords derived from low-frequency words. A group of adult readers showed inhibitory effects on pseudowords based on high-frequency words only in lexical decision. The inhibitory effects were interpreted as due to interference on pseudoword processing caused by lexical activation of a high-frequency base-word. The results support the view that lexical information is exploited even in the development of reading of a transparent orthography.
Tipo Pubblicazione:
Articolo
Publisher:
Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht ;, Paesi Bassi
Source:
Reading & writing 22 (2009): 531–544.
info:cnr-pdr/source/autori:Marcolini, S., Burani, C., & Colombo, L./titolo:Lexical effects on childrens pseudoword reading in a transparent orthography./doi:/rivista:Reading & writing/anno:2009/pagina_da:531/pagina_a:544/intervallo_pagine:531–544/volume:
Date:
2009
Resource Identifier:
http://www.cnr.it/prodotto/i/47046