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Lexical reading in Spanish: Two cases of phonological dyslexia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 1999

I. Carolina Iribarren ,
Gonia Jarema  and
Andre Roch Lecours
I. Carolina Iribarren*
Affiliation:
Universidad Simón Bolívar
Gonia Jarema
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal
Andre Roch Lecours
Affiliation:
Université de Montréal
*
I. Carolina Iribarren, Departamento de Idiomas, Universidad Simón Bolívar, Apartado 89.000, Caracas, Venezuela. Email: ciribarr@usb.ve
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Abstract

The way spoken language is represented by orthographic structure is thought to influence the cognitive reading mechanism for a language, and therefore language breakdown patterns should reflect this. The present article focuses on two patients, both monolingual native Spanish speakers, who were able to read words but showed great difficulty in reading nonwords. This finding could be attributed to the fact that these patients were reading globally using a lexical route. This pattern of reading behavior is known as phonological dyslexia. It has been argued that lexical reading is not an option for Spanish readers since its orthography is highly regular. Our findings contradict this hypothesis and support the view that cognitive reading mechanisms are universal.

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Applied Psycholinguistics , Volume 20 , Issue 3 , September 1999 , pp. 407 - 428
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1999

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