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Script makes a difference: the induction of deep dyslexic errors in logograph reading
Author(s) -
Yamada Jun
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
dyslexia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.694
H-Index - 51
eISSN - 1099-0909
pISSN - 1076-9242
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-0909(1998120)4:4<197::aid-dys110>3.0.co;2-7
Subject(s) - kanji , dyslexia , psychology , reading (process) , phonology , linguistics , kana , artificial intelligence , computer science , chinese characters , philosophy
Naming responses to 1944 isolated single kanji (Japanese logographic characters) made by average students from middle and high schools (Japan National Language Institute, 1988) were analysed. Results showed that a substantial number of deep dyslexic‐type errors including semantic errors and visual errors were produced. These results suggest that the script (i.e. kanji) induces such errors owing to the very weak and unstable association between kanji and phonology. The nature of phonological access in kanji and some implications are briefly discussed in the light of the summation hypothesis. © 1998 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.