Gepo with a G, or Jepo with a J? Skilled Readers Generate Orthographic Expectations for Novel Spoken Words Even When Spelling Is Uncertain

Autor/inn/en	Jevtovic, Mina; Antzaka, Alexia; Martin, Clara D.
Titel	Gepo with a G, or Jepo with a J? Skilled Readers Generate Orthographic Expectations for Novel Spoken Words Even When Spelling Is Uncertain
Quelle	In: Cognitive Science, 46 (2022) 3, (26 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Jevtovic, Mina) ORCID (Antzaka, Alexia) ORCID (Martin, Clara D.)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1551-6709
DOI	10.1111/cogs.13118
Schlagwörter	Spelling; Novelty (Stimulus Dimension); Adults; Spanish Speaking; Speech; Reading; Orthographic Symbols; Foreign Countries; Spain + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Schreibweise; Speaking; Sprechen; Leseprozess; Lesen; Ausland; Spanien
Abstract	English-speaking children and adults generate "orthographic skeletons" (i.e., preliminary orthographic representations) solely from aural exposure to novel words. The present study examined whether skilled readers generate orthographic skeletons for all novel words they learn or do so only when the words have a unique possible spelling. To that end, 48 Spanish adults first provided their preferred spellings for all novel words that were to appear in the experiment. Critically, "consistent words" had only one, while "inconsistent words" had two possible spellings. Two weeks later, they were trained on the pronunciations of the novel words through aural instruction. They then saw the spellings of these newly acquired words, along with a set of untrained words, in a self-paced sentence reading task. Participants read previously acquired consistent and inconsistent words presented in their preferred spellings faster than inconsistent words with unpreferred spellings. Importantly, no differences were observed in reading untrained consistent and inconsistent words (either preferred or unpreferred). This suggests that participants had generated orthographic skeletons for trained words with two possible spellings according to their individual spelling preferences. These findings provide further evidence for the orthographic skeleton account and show that initial orthographic representations are generated even when the spelling of a newly acquired word is uncertain. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01