Whole-Word Phonological Representations of Disyllabic Words in the Chinese Lexicon: Data From Acquired Dyslexia
This study addresses the issue of the existence of whole-word phonological representations of disyllabic and multisyllabic words in the Chinese mental lexicon. A Cantonese brain-injured dyslexic individual with semantic deficits, YKM, was assessed on his abilities to read aloud and to comprehend dis...
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| description | This study addresses the issue of the existence of whole-word phonological representations of disyllabic and multisyllabic words in the Chinese mental lexicon. A Cantonese brain-injured dyslexic individual with semantic deficits, YKM, was assessed on his abilities to read aloud and to comprehend disyllabic words containing homographic heterophonous characters, the pronunciation of which can only be disambiguated in word context. Superior performance on reading to comprehension was found. YKM could produce the target phonological forms without understanding the words. The dissociation is taken as evidence for whole-word representations for these words at the phonological level. The claim is consistent with previous account for discrepancy of the frequencies of tonal errors between reading aloud and object naming in Cantonese reported of another case study of similar deficits. Theoretical arguments for whole-word form representations for all multisyllabic Chinese words are also discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-cc1860d6614e449bb758501c18b2f99c2025-02-03T05:45:44ZengWileyBehavioural Neurology0953-41801875-85842005-01-01162-316917710.1155/2005/597581Whole-Word Phonological Representations of Disyllabic Words in the Chinese Lexicon: Data From Acquired DyslexiaSam-Po Law0Winsy Wong1Karen M. Y. Chiu2Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaDivision of Speech and Hearing Sciences, The University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong SAR, ChinaTung Wah Hospital, Hong Kong, ChinaThis study addresses the issue of the existence of whole-word phonological representations of disyllabic and multisyllabic words in the Chinese mental lexicon. A Cantonese brain-injured dyslexic individual with semantic deficits, YKM, was assessed on his abilities to read aloud and to comprehend disyllabic words containing homographic heterophonous characters, the pronunciation of which can only be disambiguated in word context. Superior performance on reading to comprehension was found. YKM could produce the target phonological forms without understanding the words. The dissociation is taken as evidence for whole-word representations for these words at the phonological level. The claim is consistent with previous account for discrepancy of the frequencies of tonal errors between reading aloud and object naming in Cantonese reported of another case study of similar deficits. Theoretical arguments for whole-word form representations for all multisyllabic Chinese words are also discussed.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/597581 |
| spellingShingle | Sam-Po Law Winsy Wong Karen M. Y. Chiu Whole-Word Phonological Representations of Disyllabic Words in the Chinese Lexicon: Data From Acquired Dyslexia Behavioural Neurology |
| title | Whole-Word Phonological Representations of Disyllabic Words in the Chinese Lexicon: Data From Acquired Dyslexia |
| title_full | Whole-Word Phonological Representations of Disyllabic Words in the Chinese Lexicon: Data From Acquired Dyslexia |
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| title_short | Whole-Word Phonological Representations of Disyllabic Words in the Chinese Lexicon: Data From Acquired Dyslexia |
| title_sort | whole word phonological representations of disyllabic words in the chinese lexicon data from acquired dyslexia |
| url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2005/597581 |
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