Lexical Reading in Spanish: Two Cases of Phonological Dyslexia

Discusses two monolingual Spanish-speaking patients who were able to read words but showed great difficulty reading nonwords, a pattern of behavior known as phonological dyslexia. Contradicts the hypothesis that lexical reading is not an option for Spanish readers, because Spanish orthography is hig...

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Published inApplied psycholinguistics Vol. 20; no. 3; p. 407
Main Authors Iribarren, I. Carolina, Jarema, Gonia, Lecours, Andre Roch
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.09.1999
Subjects
Case Studies
Cognitive Processes
Dyslexia
Error Patterns
Monolingualism
Morphology (Languages)
Orthographic Symbols
Phonology
Reading Skills
Spanish
Spanish Speaking
Testing
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Summary:Discusses two monolingual Spanish-speaking patients who were able to read words but showed great difficulty reading nonwords, a pattern of behavior known as phonological dyslexia. Contradicts the hypothesis that lexical reading is not an option for Spanish readers, because Spanish orthography is highly irregular, and supports the view that cognitive reading mechanisms are universal. (Author/VWL)
ISSN:0142-7164
DOI:10.1017/S0142716499003057