The role of grapheme-phoneme correspondences in the perception of braille

The function of grapheme-phoneme correspondences in the perception of Braille was investigated by presenting 26 Braille readers with pseudo-words which follow the rules of spelling-sound correspondence (pronounceable) and pseudo-words which do not (unpronounceable) and measuring the speed with which...

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Published in:Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior 1966-01, Vol.5 (3), p.298-300
Main Authors: Pick, Anne D., Thomas, Margaret L., Pick, Herbert L.
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Language:English
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Summary:The function of grapheme-phoneme correspondences in the perception of Braille was investigated by presenting 26 Braille readers with pseudo-words which follow the rules of spelling-sound correspondence (pronounceable) and pseudo-words which do not (unpronounceable) and measuring the speed with which the two types of pseudo-words were read. Nearly all of the Ss spent more time reading the unpronounceable pseudo-words than the pronounceable pseudo-words. The results suggest that grapheme-phoneme correspondences function as grouping principles in the perception of Braille in the same manner as has been demonstrated for the perception of print by sighted Ss.
ISSN:0022-5371
0749-596X
DOI:10.1016/S0022-5371(66)80034-8