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Lexical Expertise and Reading Skill

2008
Abstract This chapter overviews a research program assessing the lexical expertise hypothesis of reading skill which assumes that the critical, specific determinant of written language proficiency is an “expert lexicon” characterized by precise, redundant, lexical representations that support efficient, autonomous, lexical retrieval (Perfetti, 1992)
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Assessing L2 Lexical Versus Inflectional Accuracy Across Skill Levels

Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2013
This study measures whether number and type of morphemes in an elicited imitation string results in a greater number of modifications with L2 experience. Rationale is drawn from L2 working memory processing limitations at distinct levels of proficiency.
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Lexical expertise and reading skill: bottom-up and top-down processing of lexical ambiguity

Reading and Writing, 2008
The lexical quality hypothesis assumes that skilled readers rely on high quality lexical representations that afford autonomous lexical retrieval and reduce the need to rely on top-down context. This experiment investigated this hypothesis by comparing the performance of adults classified on reading comprehension and spelling performance.
Sally Andrews, Rachel Bond
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Developing new pre-lexical processing skills in adults

The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, 2018
Studies of adults learning to decode words may provide a window on understanding of the pre-lexical processing of words as learning progresses. Second language (L2) learners (for example) have been found to assimilate new phones to first language (L1) phonemes when asked for the closest sound in their languages (e.g., Schmidt, 1996).
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Lexical Cohesion and the Teaching of Academic Skills

South African Journal of Linguistics, 1994
In hierdie artikel word verslag gedoen oor sekere van die bevindings van 'n studie oor die verhouding tussen elemente van leksikale kohesie en koherensie in akademiese skryfwerk van studente, en die implikasies van hierdie studie vir die onderrig van akademiese vaardighede word bespreek.
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Lexical skills in Williams Syndrome: a cognitive neuropsychological analysis

Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2002
Abstract Williams syndrome is a genetic disorder associated with learning disabilities. Although language has been reported as well developed in comparison to other skills, recent studies have also shown focal impairments within the language system. This study reports performance on a range of lexical skills in WS.
Christine M Temple, Mayella Almazan, Susan Sherwood   +2 more
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FORMATION OF LEXICAL SKILLS IN STUDENTS OF MINING INDUSTRY

Конференции, 2021
Ushbu maqolada nofilologik talabalarda xorijiy tilni o`qitish borasidagi ayrim tadqiqotlar o`rganilgan va maqbul usullar bayon etilgan. Bunda matnlar va terminlar bilan ishlash alohida nazarda tutilgan.
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Formation of lexical skills in younger schoolchildren

Journal of Pedagogical Studies
The article is devoted to the problem of formation of lexical skills in younger schoolchildren in Russian language lessons. The author considers and analyzes the existing formulations of this concept. The proper definition of the specified term is derived.
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Handedness and lexical skills in undergraduates.

Cortex; a journal devoted to the study of the nervous system and behavior, 1999
The right shift (RS) theory of handedness and cerebral dominance (Annett, 1972, 1985) suggested that individual differences for patterns of cerebral dominance may be associated with different types of risk to cognitive functions. The higher prevalence of dextrality than sinistrality in humans depends on a single gene (RS+) which facilitates left ...
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Lexical Decisions and Knowledge of Orthographic Structure in Skilled and Less Skilled College Readers

Perceptual and Motor Skills, 1981
College students were classified as either skilled or less skilled readers on the basis of reading comprehension scores and were then asked to judge whether high-frequency words, low-frequency words, orthographically legal nonwords, and orthographically illegal nonwords were words or nonwords.
Delphine Yelen, Gary B. Forbach
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