Re(de)fining the Orthographic Neighborhood: The Role of Addition and Deletion Neighbors in Lexical Decision and Reading

Autor/inn/en	Davis, Colin J.; Perea, Manuel; Acha, Joana
Titel	Re(de)fining the Orthographic Neighborhood: The Role of Addition and Deletion Neighbors in Lexical Decision and Reading
Quelle	In: Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance, 35 (2009) 5, S.1550-1570 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0096-1523
DOI	10.1037/a0014253
Schlagwörter	Language Processing; Word Recognition; Context Effect; Spanish; English; Stimuli; Reaction Time; Eye Movements; Experiments; Undergraduate Students; Foreign Countries; Spain (Valencia); United Kingdom (Bristol) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Sprachverarbeitung; Worterkennung; Spanisch; English language; Englisch; Anreizsystem; Reaktionsvermögen; Augenbewegung; Erprobung; Ausland
Abstract	The influence of addition and deletion neighbors on visual word identification was investigated in four experiments. Experiments 1 and 2 used Spanish stimuli. In Experiment 1, lexical decision latencies were slower and less accurate for words and nonwords with higher-frequency deletion neighbors (e.g., "jugar" in "juzgar"), relative to control stimuli. Experiment 2 showed a similar interference effect for words and nonwords with higher-frequency addition neighbors (e.g., "conejo," which has the addition neighbor "consejo"), relative to control stimuli. Experiment 3 replicated this addition neighbor interference effect in a lexical decision experiment with English stimuli. Across all three experiments, interference effects were always evident for addition/deletion neighbors with word-outer overlap, usually present for those with word-initial overlap, but never present for those with word-final overlap. Experiment 4 replicated the addition/deletion neighbor inhibitory effects in a Spanish sentence reading task in which the participants' eye movements were monitored. These findings suggest that conventional orthographic neighborhood metrics should be redefined. In addition to its methodological implications, this conclusion has significant theoretical implications for input coding schemes and the mechanisms underlying word recognition. (Contains 1 figure, 7 tables, and 5 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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