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Reading Complex Words pp 241–264Cite as

Morpheme-Based Lexical Reading: Evidence from Pseudoword Naming

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A large number of current models of word naming distinguish between a lexical routine, and a non-lexical (either extralexical or prelexical) routine for reading aloud (see, e.g., Coltheart & Rastle, 1994). According to these models, when the lexical pathway is involved, naming is based on whole-word processing and is obtained through a lexical lookup procedure. By contrast, when the non-lexical routine is activated, spoken output is the product of grapheme-to-phoneme conversion which is based on sublexical units, i.e. single graphemes or syllables, and is largely independent of lexical knowledge.

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Burani, C., Laudanna, A. (2003). Morpheme-Based Lexical Reading: Evidence from Pseudoword Naming. In: Assink, E.M.H., Sandra, D. (eds) Reading Complex Words. Neuropsychology and Cognition, vol 22. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-3720-2_11

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