The Psychology of Reading

Preface1 Introduction Written and Spoken Language Linguistics in a Great Hurry Memory and Reading Cortical Function and Reading Why Three Parts and Sixteen Chapters?I Writing Systems 2 Development of Writing Systems Precursors of Writing The Variety of Writing Systems Summary and Conclusions 3 Logography: Chinese Characters Characteristics of Chinese Characters Learning Characters Processing Characters Summary and Conclusions 4 Logography and Syllabary: Japanese Writing System: Kanji and Kana Learning to Read in Japanese Reading in Japanese Summary and Conclusions 5 Alphabetic Syllabary: Korean Hangul Hangul Alphabetic Syllabary Reading in Hangul and Kanji Summary and Conclusions 6 English Alphabet and Orthography English Alphabet and Spelling Recovering Sounds from Orthography Phonological Rules and Orthography Reforming English Orthography Summary and Conclusions Interlude Writing Systems and Reading Processes Writing Systems Compared Reading Processes and Learning to ReadII Reading Processes 7 Eye Movements in Reading Types of Eye Movement Integrating Information between Parafovea and Fovea Individual Differences in Eye Movements Linguistic Factors Influence Eye Movements Summary and Conclusions 8 Reading Unit, Constraint, and Context Units of Reading Sequential Constraint Words in Context Summary and Conclusions 9 Letter and Word Recognition Isolated Letters Letters and Lines in Context Word Recognition Summary and Conclusions 10 Phonetic and Visual Coding Inner Speech and Subvocalization Phonetic Coding Summary and Conclusions 11 The Bilateral Cooperative Model of Reading Introduction to the Bilateral Cooperative Model Brain Function and Malfunction Recognizing Words Words in Context: Mainly RIGHT Processes Syntax and Metaphor Summary and Conclusions 12 Reading and Writing Sentences Reading Clauses and Sentences Knowledge and Sentence Processing Writing Sentences Summary and Conclusions 13 Prose: Narrative and Expository Narrative Prose Expository Prose Summary and ConclusionsIII Learning to Read 14 Early Readers and Reading Readiness Preschoolers Can Learn to Read Levels of Reading to be Attained Perceptual, Cognitive, and Linguistic Readiness Language Development and Reading Summary and Conclusions 15 Reading Instruction at School Teaching Methods Teaching Materials Development of Reading Skills Summary and Conclusions 16 Developmental Dyslexia Identifying Developmental Dyslexics Perceptual and Memory Deficiencies Decoding and Comprehension Deficits Neurological and Constitutional Factors Summary and ConclusionsEpilogueAppendix: Some Acronyms Used in this BookReferencesName IndexSubject Index