Orthography shapes the perception of speech: The consistency effect in auditory word recognition

Author(s): Ferrand, L.

Journal/Book: Psychonomic Bull Rev. 1998; 5: 1710 Fortview Rd, Austin, TX 78704, USA. Psychonomic Soc Inc. 683-689.

Abstract: Inconsistency in the spelling-to-sound mapping hurts visual word perception and reading aloud (i.e., the traditional consistency effect). In the present experiment, we found a consistency effect in auditory word perception: Words with phonological rimes that could be spelled in multiple ways produced longer auditory lexical decision latencies and more errors than did words with rimes that could be spelled only one way. This finding adds strong support to the claim that orthography affects the perception of spoken words. This effect was predicted by a model that assumes a coupling between orthography and phonology that is functional in both visual and auditory word perception.

Note: Article Ziegler JC, Macquarie Univ, Sch Behav Sci, Sydney, NSW 2109, AUSTRALIA

Keyword(s): LEXICAL DECISION; READING ALOUD; MODEL; PHONOLOGY; SOUND; TASK; ACTIVATION; CHILDREN; FRENCH; PRINT

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