Word reading aloud skills: their positive redefinition through ageing

• Published in: Journal of research in reading Vol. 40; no. 3; pp. 297 - 312
• Main Authors: Chapleau, Marianne, Wilson, Maximiliano A., Potvin, Karel, Harvey‐Langton, Alexandra, Montembeault, Maxime, Brambati, Simona M.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Wiley-Blackwell 01.08.2017; Wiley Subscription Services, Inc
• Subjects: Accuracy; Adults; Age Differences; Aging; Aging (Individuals); Cognitive Ability; Comparative Analysis; Error Patterns; Interaction; Nonwords; Older Adults; Older people; Oral Reading; Orthography; Patients; Phonology; Pronunciation; Reading; Reading Ability; Reading acquisition; Reading disabilities; Reading Instruction; Reading Skills; Reading Strategies; Reading Tests; Semantics; Word meaning; Word processing; Young Adults

Background Successful reading can be achieved by means of two different procedures: sub‐word processes for the pronunciation of words without semantics or pseudowords (PW) and whole‐word processes that recruit word‐specific information regarding the pronunciation of words with atypical orthography‐t...