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Title

Priming the rules of spelling

Author(s)

Perry, Conrad

Abstract

This paper reports three spelling experiments that examined the effect of lexical priming through intervening items. In the first and second experiments, a strong effect of word priming on nonword spelling was found, even when two intervening filler items separated prime-target pairs. In addition, the absolute size of the effect was similar when one intervening item separated prime-target pairs and when two intervening items separated prime-target pairs. A much larger effect was found when no intervening items were used, however. This effect did not appear to be related to filler type, as Experiment 1 used nonword fillers, and Experiment 2 used word fillers. The third experiment examined the same effect with two intervening filler items, but instead used nonwords as primes (and thus examined a subsyllabic repetition effect). A similar-sized effect as that of the first and second experiments was found. The most plausible explanation of these results, which is consistent with the interactive dual-route model of spelling, is that they reflect the priming of sound-spelling rules that people use to spell nonwords.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology A : Human Experimental Psychology, Vol. 56, no. 3 (2003), p. 515-530

Publication year

2003

Keyword(s)

Contextual associations;  Intervening filler items;  Lexical decision;  Lexical priming effects;  Nonword spelling;  Phonetic units;  Primes;  Prime-target pairs;  Semantic priming;  Sound-spelling rules;  Spelling;  Subsyllabic repetition effect;  Verbal communication;  Verbal memory;  Word priming;  Words

Publisher

Taylor & Francis

ISSN

1747-0218

Publisher URL

http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02724980244000512

Peer reviewed