Speech and Reading: A Comparative Approach

ISBN-13: 9781138084407 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 382 str.

Opis

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.

Spis treści

List of Contributors. Preface. Introduction – Speech and Reading: One Side to Two Coins Beatrice de Gelder and José Morais  Part 1: Speech Processing, Its Specificity and Its Relation to Reading.  Part 2: Speech and Reading in Different Modalities.  Part 3: Reading in Different Orthographies.  Part 4: Reading Acquisition and Its Impact on Language Processes Author Index. Subject Index.

O autorze

Beatrice de Gelder, Jose Morais