Lexico-semantic effects on word naming in Persian: Does age of acquisition have an effect?
The age of acquisition (AoA) of a word has an effect on skilled reading performance. According to the arbitrary-mapping (AM) hypothesis, AoA effects on word naming are a consequence of arbitrary mappings between input and output in the lexical network. The AM hypothesis predicts that effects of AoA...
| Published in: | Memory & Cognition Vol. 43; no. 2; pp. 298 - 314 |
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Feb2015
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=100989670&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 100989670 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 0090502X MEG jtl: Memory & Cognition issn: 0090502X maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Feb2015 vid: 43 iid: 2 pid: 237 pub: Springer Nature artinfo: ui: 100989670 10.3758/s13421-014-0472-4 ppf: 298 ppct: 16 formats: fmt: @attributes: type: P size: 494KB tig: atl: Lexico-semantic effects on word naming in Persian: Does age of acquisition have an effect? aug: au: Bakhtiar, Mehdi Weekes, Brendan affil: Laboratory for Communication Science, Division of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of Hong Kong, 8/F, Meng Wah Building Hong Kong People's Republic of China su: Iran Age distribution Language acquisition Chi-squared test Statistical correlation Factor analysis Scale analysis (Psychology) Data analysis software Descriptive statistics sug: subj: Age distribution Language acquisition Iran Chi-squared test Statistical correlation Factor analysis Scale analysis (Psychology) Data analysis software Descriptive statistics keyword: Age of acquisition (AoA) Persian Transparency Word naming Age of acquisition (AoA) Persian Transparency Word naming ab: The age of acquisition (AoA) of a word has an effect on skilled reading performance. According to the arbitrary-mapping (AM) hypothesis, AoA effects on word naming are a consequence of arbitrary mappings between input and output in the lexical network. The AM hypothesis predicts that effects of AoA will be observed when words have unpredictable orthography-to-phonology (OP) mappings. The Persian writing system is characterized by a degree of consistency between OP mappings, making words transparent. However, the omission of vowels in the script used by skilled readers makes the OP mappings of many words unpredictable or opaque. In this study, we used factor analysis to test which lexico-semantic variables, including AoA, predict the reading aloud of monosyllabic Persian words with different spelling transparencies (transparent or opaque). Linear mixed-effect regression analysis revealed that a Lexical factor (loading on word familiarity, spoken frequency, and written frequency) and a Semantic factor (loading on AoA, imageability, and familiarity) significantly predict word-naming latencies in Persian. Further analysis revealed a significant interaction between AoA and transparency, with larger effects of AoA for opaque than for transparent words and a significant interaction between imageability and AoA on reading opaque words; that is, AoA effects are more pronounced for low-imageability opaque words than for high-imageability opaque words. Interactions between these factors and spelling transparency suggest that late-acquired opaque words receive greater input from the semantic reading route. Implications for understanding the AoA effects on word naming in Persian are discussed. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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