Sublexical representations in adult skilled spellers
- UNCG Author/Contributor (non-UNCG co-authors, if there are any, appear on document)
- Kristin M. Key (Creator)
- Institution
- The University of North Carolina at Greensboro (UNCG )
- Web Site: http://library.uncg.edu/
- Advisor
- Robert Wiley
Abstract: Despite being an important aspect of written language, our understanding of the processes underlying spelling remains greatly limited. Spelling new words is not done via a series of random guesses. One prominent theory proposes that spelling occurs through a probabilistic system that is able to track what combinations of letters are likely to occur in the English language. This system is known as the sublexical system, which processes orthographic and phonological information at some level below that of a whole word. Processed words can then be assimilated into our orthographic long-term memory (O-TLM). I wish to further investigate the processes at work in the sublexical system, and how it interacts with the lexical system. Over a series of three experiments, I investigate four hypothesized representations of sublexical spelling to see which are best supported by our findings. I will investigate which of these mechanisms best explain pseudoword spelling responses, how they relate to real word spelling, and what influence they may have on learning.
Sublexical representations in adult skilled spellers
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Additional Information
- Publication
- Thesis
- Language: English
- Date: 2022
- Keywords
- Lexical, Oncleus and coda, Phoneme-grapheme mapping, Phonological neighbor, Spelling, Sublexical
- Subjects
- Spelling, Psychology of
- English language $x Phonology
- English language $x Orthography and spelling