Speech and Reading: A Comparative Approach (Psychology Library Editions: Psychology of Reading #2)

Synopsis

Originally published in 1995, this collection of papers introduced a new dimension to the understanding of reading by focusing on the relation between spoken and written language processing. New perspectives on speech and reading are introduced by highlighting aspects of the two linguistic skills that had received little attention in the past. The comparative perspective adopted in this collection presents an innovative focus on speech and the acquisition of alphabetic reading skill. Major new sources of evidence are discussed, like reading in nonconventional input modalities, braille reading, and speech processing in lip-reading. Contributors also discuss the reading process in non-alphabetic orthographies and the specifics of the reading acquisition problem in logographic or mixed writing systems (like Chinese and Japanese) and their relations to underlying speech representations. A central concern of all chapters is the role of phonological processes in different modalities and writings systems, and at different stages in the reading acquisition process. Drawing on expertise of the contributors, the book presents a novel and varied view of the achievements, the promises and the challenges facing the researcher once the intimate link between speech and reading comes to the foreground.

Copyright:

1995

Book Details

Book Quality:

Publisher Quality

ISBN-13:

9781351620154

Related ISBNs:

9781315111810, 9781138084407, 9781138084407, 9781138084513, 9781138084513

Publisher:

Taylor and Francis

Date of Addition:

06/27/20

Copyrighted By:

Erlbaum

Adult content:

No

Language:

English

Has Image Descriptions:

No

Categories:

Nonfiction, Psychology

Submitted By:

Bookshare Staff

Usage Restrictions:

This is a copyrighted book.

Edited by:

Beatrice de Gelder

Edited by:

Jose Morais