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Publication Date: 2007-Jul
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Automatic Activation of Phonology in Silent Reading Is Parallel: Evidence from Beginning and Skilled Readers
Alario, F.-Xavier; De Cara, Bruno; Ziegler, Johannes C.
Journal of Experimental Child Psychology, v97 n3 p205-219 Jul 2007
The picture-word interference paradigm was used to shed new light on the debate concerning slow serial versus fast parallel activation of phonology in silent reading. Prereaders, beginning readers (Grades 1-4), and adults named pictures that had words printed on them. Words and pictures shared phonology either at the beginnings of words (e.g., "DOLL-DOG") or at the ends of words (e.g., "FOG-DOG"). The results showed that phonological overlap between primes and targets facilitated picture naming. This facilitatory effect was present even in beginning readers. More important, from Grade 1 onward, end-related facilitation always was as strong as beginning-related facilitation. This result suggests that, from the beginning of reading, the implicit and automatic activation of phonological codes during silent reading is not serial but rather parallel.
Descriptors: Phonology, Silent Reading, Beginning Reading, Elementary School Students, Adults, Language Acquisition, Psycholinguistics
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Education Level: Elementary Education; Grade 1; Grade 2; Grade 3; Grade 4
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