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Peer reviewedAkamatsu, Nobuhiko – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 1999
Uses case alteration (cAse ALteRaTiOn) to investigate effects of first-language (L1) orthographic characteristics on word recognition in English as a second language (ESL). Finds magnitude of case alteration effect for naming tasks was significantly larger for ESL participants whose L1 was not alphabetic. Suggests that L1 orthographic features…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Graduate Students, Higher Education, Language Research
