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Wilson, Maximiliano A.; Cuetos, Fernando; Davies, Rob; Burani, Cristina – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2013
Word age-of-acquisition (AoA) affects reading. The mapping hypothesis predicts AoA effects when input--output mappings are arbitrary. In Spanish, the orthography-to-phonology mappings required for word naming are consistent; therefore, no AoA effects are expected. Nevertheless, AoA effects have been found, motivating the present investigation of…
Descriptors: Age, Vocabulary Development, Spanish, Role
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Marcolini, Stefania; Burani, Cristina; Colombo, Lucia – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2009
The present study investigated the involvement of lexical knowledge in pseudoword reading by Italian children aged 8-10. 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…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Word Recognition, Phonological Awareness, Children