Phoneme-Specific Interference in Reading: The Tongue-Twister Effect Revisited.

McCutchen, Deborah; And Others

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Publication Date: 1991

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Phoneme-Specific Interference in Reading: The Tongue-Twister Effect Revisited.

McCutchen, Deborah; And Others

Reading Research Quarterly, v26 n1 p87-103 1991

Examines the tongue-twister effect to help determine the role of phonological information during silent reading. Concludes that the tongue-twister effect results from phonetic rather than visual confusion, and that the locus of the effect is within working memory. (MG)

Descriptors: Higher Education, Phonology, Reading Comprehension, Reading Instruction, Reading Research, Reading Strategies, Silent Reading

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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