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When readingis "readn" or somthn. Distinctness of phonological representations of lexical items in normal and disabled readers
Author(s) -
Elbr Carste
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
scandinavian journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.743
H-Index - 72
eISSN - 1467-9450
pISSN - 0036-5564
DOI - 10.1111/1467-9450.393070
Subject(s) - psychology , dyslexia , reading (process) , phonological awareness , cognitive psychology , factor (programming language) , linguistics , phonology , intervention (counseling) , developmental psychology , philosophy , computer science , programming language , psychiatry
This paper specifies nothing less than an underlying cause of dyslexia. It is a cause which may be responsible for lacking responsiveness to both the teaching of phoneme awareness and to initial reading instruction. Can a single phonological factor explain many of the phonological deficits related to dyslexia? In this paper it is suggested that the answer may be affirmative and that indistinct phonological representations of lexical items in long term memory may be such a unifying factor. Results are summarised from a correlational study of adults and from a longitudinal and intervention study of at‐risk children.