Abstract

BAQUERO CASTELLANOS, Silvia; GALLO, Alba  and  MULLER, Oliver. THE EFFECT OF LEXICALITY ON LEXICAL DECISION IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL. Forma funcion, Santaf, de Bogot, D.C. [online]. 2013, vol.26, n.1, pp.73-88. ISSN 0120-338X.

Abstract The aim of this research project was to analyze lexical processing aspects in 180 second to fifth-grade students (25 per class). Specifically, it analyzed what they do when reading existing words versus nonexistent words (pseudowords), that is, what students do when reading signs with both signifier and signified, and what they do when they only have available phonological and orthographic information regarding a series of letters. It is important to bear in mind that when children start their schooling process, many written words seem to be pseudowords for them. An experiment was carried out with a lexical decision task, and the findings showed that the lexicality effect was present all grades from second to fifth and that the older participants read more rapidly and precisely.

Keywords : lexical processing; lexicality; pseudowords; students.

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