14 Questions
What is the term used to describe the various forms of a letter, such as capital and lowercase, and cursive forms?
Orthographic
What is the primary challenge in translating letters into sounds in the English language?
The lack of correspondence between letters and sounds
Who is the playwright and lover of the English language who observed the illogicality of English spellings?
George Bernard Shaw
What is the term used to describe the rapid sequential movements of the eyes when reading?
Saccades
What is the primary difference in fixation time between longer and shorter words when reading?
Readers fixate for a longer time on longer words
What is the term used to describe the process of translating letters into sounds?
Phonological coding
What are the two basic kinds of processes involved in learning to read?
Lexical and comprehension processes
What is the term used to describe the process of recognizing words and their meanings?
Lexical processing
What is the term used to describe the process of understanding the meaning of a text?
Comprehension processing
What is the primary characteristic used to distinguish manufactured objects from one another?
Their functional features
What is the relationship between the dominant meaning of a word and its subordinate meanings?
The dominant meaning is always more common than the subordinate meaning
What is the term used to describe the systematic way in which words can be combined to form meaningful phrases and sentences?
Syntax
What is the result of damage to regions involved in perceptual processing in the brain?
Difficulty recognizing living things
What is the primary factor that determines the meaning of a word in a given context?
The context in which the word is used
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