TY - JOUR
T1 - Phonological and semantic contributions to children's picture naming skill
T2 - Evidence from children with developmental reading disorders
AU - Nation, Kate
AU - Marshall, Catherine M.
AU - Snowling, Margaret J.
PY - 2001/4
Y1 - 2001/4
N2 - This experiment investigated the picture naming skills of dyslexic children, poor comprehenders and children with normally developing reading skills, using pictures whose names varied in word length and word frequency. Relative to young children reading at the same level, dyslexic children were less accurate at naming pictures that have long names, and they made a disproportionate number of phonological errors. In contrast, poor comprehenders showed normal effects of length but were slower and less accurate at naming pictures than control children, and in particular, they were poor at naming pictures that have low frequency names. These findings are discussed within a framework in which picture naming efficiency is related to underlying language skills in both the phonological and semantic domains.
AB - This experiment investigated the picture naming skills of dyslexic children, poor comprehenders and children with normally developing reading skills, using pictures whose names varied in word length and word frequency. Relative to young children reading at the same level, dyslexic children were less accurate at naming pictures that have long names, and they made a disproportionate number of phonological errors. In contrast, poor comprehenders showed normal effects of length but were slower and less accurate at naming pictures than control children, and in particular, they were poor at naming pictures that have low frequency names. These findings are discussed within a framework in which picture naming efficiency is related to underlying language skills in both the phonological and semantic domains.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0035022665&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/01690960042000003
DO - 10.1080/01690960042000003
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0035022665
SN - 0169-0965
VL - 16
SP - 241
EP - 259
JO - Language and Cognitive Processes
JF - Language and Cognitive Processes
IS - 2-3
ER -