TY - JOUR
T1 - Lexical and sublexical effects on visual word recognition in Greek
T2 - comparing human behavior to the dual route cascaded model
AU - Kapnoula, Efthymia C.
AU - Protopapas, Athanassios
AU - Saunders, Steven J.
AU - Coltheart, Max
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - We evaluated the dual route cascaded (DRC) model of visual word recognition using Greek behavioural data on word and nonword naming and lexical decision, focusing on the effects of syllable and bigram frequency. DRC was modified to process polysyllabic Greek words and nonwords. The Greek DRC and native speakers of Greek were presented with the same sets of word and nonword stimuli, spanning a wide range on several psycholinguistic variables, and the sensitivity of the model to lexical and sublexical variables was compared to the effects of these factors on the behavioural data. DRC pronounced correctly all the stimuli and successfully simulated the effects of frequency in words, and of length and bigram frequency in nonwords. However, unlike native speakers of Greek, DRC failed to demonstrate sensitivity to word length and syllabic frequency. We discuss the significance of these findings in constraining models of visual word recognition.
AB - We evaluated the dual route cascaded (DRC) model of visual word recognition using Greek behavioural data on word and nonword naming and lexical decision, focusing on the effects of syllable and bigram frequency. DRC was modified to process polysyllabic Greek words and nonwords. The Greek DRC and native speakers of Greek were presented with the same sets of word and nonword stimuli, spanning a wide range on several psycholinguistic variables, and the sensitivity of the model to lexical and sublexical variables was compared to the effects of these factors on the behavioural data. DRC pronounced correctly all the stimuli and successfully simulated the effects of frequency in words, and of length and bigram frequency in nonwords. However, unlike native speakers of Greek, DRC failed to demonstrate sensitivity to word length and syllabic frequency. We discuss the significance of these findings in constraining models of visual word recognition.
KW - Visual word recognition
KW - dual-route models
KW - syllable frequency effect
KW - polysyllabic words
KW - Greek
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85026353796&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/23273798.2017.1355059
DO - 10.1080/23273798.2017.1355059
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85026353796
VL - 32
SP - 1290
EP - 1304
JO - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
JF - Language, Cognition and Neuroscience
SN - 2327-3798
IS - 10
ER -