Abstract
Hypothetically, words can be named by spelling-sound translation rules or by looking up a phonological code in a lexicon. Following J. Baron and C. Strawson (1976), naming performance was measured as a function of skill with each route, using sets of stimuli varying in reliance on either route. "Phoenicians" were defined to be better with rules than with look-up; "Chinese" were better at look-up than with rules. As predicted by J. Baron and C. Strawson, Phoenicians named low-frequency regular words and nonwords faster than Chinese. Contrary to predictions, Phoenicians were also faster at naming irregular words of various frequencies. Implications of these results for various dual-route models versus single-route models are discussed.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 537-554 |
| Number of pages | 18 |
| Journal | Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Perception and Performance |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Jun 1994 |