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The role of sound, shape and orthographic cues in early reading
Author(s) -
Snowling Maggie,
Frith Uta
Publication year - 1981
Publication title -
british journal of psychology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.536
H-Index - 92
eISSN - 2044-8295
pISSN - 0007-1269
DOI - 10.1111/j.2044-8295.1981.tb02164.x
Subject(s) - reading (process) , psychology , orthographic projection , sound (geography) , sensory cue , cognitive psychology , communication , linguistics , acoustics , artificial intelligence , computer science , philosophy , physics
In the present experiment the ability of young children to read texts distorted so as to reduce sound, shape or orthographic cues was observed. Good readers, with reading ages beyond seven years, found texts in which orthographic cues were reduced more difficult to read than texts in which sound or shape cues were reduced. Poorer readers were not differentially affected by the different distortions. The results support Gibson & Levin's (1975) contention that orthographic cues are used in reading from a reading age of around seven years.