The symptoms of surface dyslexia in Arabic: the impact of orthographic ambiguity on reading abilities of a patient with Alzheimer's disease.

Like other Semitic languages, Arabic is known for its rich morphology and consonantal writing system. In this article, we report the first case of acquired surface dyslexia in an Arabic-speaking patient (HBS). Surface dyslexia is characterised by difficulty reading irregularly spelled words, while p...

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Published in:Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics Vol. 38; no. 11; pp. 1040 - 1055
Main Authors: Boumaraf, Assia, Brahimi, Souad, Ladjali, Samia, Macoir, Joël
Format: case study research tables/charts Journal Article
Published: Taylor & Francis Ltd 2024
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