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On the role of outline shape and word-specific visual pattern in the identification of function words: NONE

Besner, Derek·1989·The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A
DOI 10.1080/14640748908402354
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A common assumption in the reading literature is that function words are often identified wholly or in part on the basis of outline shape and/or word-specific visual pattern. This assumption was examined in three perceptual identification experiments, a speeded oral reading experiment, and in a lexical decision task where the visual pattern of function words and control items (content words, non-words and control strings) was systematically distorted by Case Alternation. In all five experiments distortion failed to impair performance more on functors than on various control items. This result is argued to be inconsistent with the view that outline shape and word-specific visual pattern typically play a role in the identification of isolated function words. Shape distortion impaired function words less than controls in perceptual identification, but impaired function and content words equally in speeded naming and lexical decision. These contrasting effects of shape distortion are discussed in terms of a distinction between the uptake of information (lexical access) and phenomenal perception.

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Authors
Besner, D.
Affiliations
University of Waterloo (CA)
Corresponding author
Besner, Derek
ORCID
Besner, Derek
Venue
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
1989-02
Volume
41
Issue
1
Pages
91-105
ISSN
  • 0272-4987 (ISSN-L)
  • 1464-0740
DOI
10.1080/14640748908402354
OpenAlex
W1985085444
Cited by
36
References
34
Citations by year
2026: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 1 · 2015: 2 · 2014: 1 · 2013: 1
FWCI
0.57
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Licence
journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology Section A (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Developmental and Educational Psychology › Reading and Literacy Development
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism
  • Life Sciences › Neuroscience › Cognitive Neuroscience › Visual perception and processing mechanisms
Keywords
function words, outline shape, visual word recognition, case alternation, shape distortion, lexical access, perceptual identification, reading, lexical decision, content words

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