Does English orthography influence bilingual Spanish readers? The effect of grapheme crosslinguistic congruency and complexity on letter detection

• Published in: Cognitive development Vol. 59; p. 101074
• Main Authors: Hevia-Tuero, Carmen, Incera, Sara, Suárez-Coalla, Paz
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Inc 01.07.2021
• Subjects: Bilingual; Complexity; Congruency; Grapheme; Mouse tracking; Mouse tracking; Grapheme; Congruency; Complexity; Bilingual

•L2 learners decode complex graphemes as native readers do.•L2 learners interiorize English phonology early in development.•Native language orthography has influence on L2 orthographic learning.•Just before middle-childhood is a key stage for biliteracy acquisition. Phonemic correspondences for a pa...