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Peer reviewedNiemi, Pekka; Virjamo, Markku – Journal of Research in Reading, 1986
Uses a proofreading task to investigate whether function and content words are processed differently in a text. Concludes that misprints are hard to detect in words that retain the original shape, short words prevent detection of misprints more than long words, and that there is an interaction between word type and length. (HOD)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Context Clues, Higher Education, Orthographic Symbols
