| Number | 346 |
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| Year | 1981 |
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| Drawer | 6 |
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| Entry Date | 06/15/1999 |
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| Authors | Lukatela, G., Lorenc, B., Ognjenovic, P., & Turvey, M. T. |
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| Publication | Language and Speech, 24, 173-183. |
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| Abstract | Other things being equal, a letter is identified more accurately and rapidly in the context of a word than in the context of a nonword. This word-superiority effect has been demonstrated many times with materials conforming to English orthography. The present experiment, using the probe letter-recognition procedure, demonstrates the effect in the Serbo-Croatian orthography. In that the English and Serbo-Croatian orthographies distinguish markedly in the level at which they systematically reference the spoken language, it appears that the word-superiority effect is not owing to orthographic idiosyncracies. Analysis of the effect in Serbo-Croatian suggests that it is not completely accountable for in terms of interletter probability structure and that word-specific factors may be involved. |
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