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Bordag, Denisa; Kirschenbaum, Amit; Rogahn, Maria; Tschirner, Erwin – Second Language Research, 2017
Four experiments were conducted to examine the role of orthotactic probability, i.e. the sequential letter probability, in the early stages of vocabulary acquisition by adult native speakers and advanced learners of German. The results show different effects for orthographic probability in incidental and intentional vocabulary acquisition: Whereas…
Descriptors: Role, Probability, Vocabulary Development, Advanced Students
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Saady, Amany; Ibrahim, Raphiq; Eviatar, Zohar – Psicologica: International Journal of Methodology and Experimental Psychology, 2015
The goal of the present study was to extend the models explaining the missing-letter effect (MLE) to an additional language and orthography, and to test the role of phonology in silent reading in Arabic. We also examined orthographic effects such as letter position and letter shape, morphological effects such as pseudo-prefixes, and phonological…
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Morphemes, Pronunciation, Models