Morphological processing by French children was investigated in two experiments. The first showed that second and third graders read pseudowords such as "chat-ure" ("cat-ish") composed of an illegally combined real stem and real derivational suffix faster and more accurately than they read matched pseudowords composed of a pseudostem and a real…

Reports an experiment contrasting word-onset gating with results when words were gated from their word endings. The study demonstrated a significant recognition advantage for words gated from their onsets. The overall results support the position that the perceptual advantage of word-initial information can be understood within a general…

Examined lexical influences on nonword repetition among 30 elementary school boys who were asked to repeat multisyllabic nonword pairs. Results found that nonwords with stressed syllables corresponding to real words were repeated significantly more accurately than nonwords with nonlexical stressed syllables. (23 references) (MDM)

Discusses three experiments that used a visual version of the syllable monitoring technique to investigate the role of syllabic units in beginning and adult readers. Participants responded whenever a visually presented target syllable appeared at the beginning of a subsequently presented printed word. (Author/VWL)

Explores the role of sonority in constraining the word identification errors of normal listeners by examining the phonological relationships between response errors and stimulus targets. Findings indicate that sonority and lexical phonostatistics may constrain coda-driven word-search processes. (35 references) (Author/CK)

Investigates early literacy acquisition in Turkish with its phonologically transparent orthography and regular letter-sound correspondences. Findings reveal that such orthography fosters the early development of word recognition skills and that phonological awareness contributes to word recognition in the early stages of reading acquisition. (33…