Speech prosody and developmental dyslexia: Reduced phonological awareness in the context of intact phonological representations

Ian R. Mundy*, Julia M. Carroll

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    Abstract

    Recent research indicates that awareness of the rhythmic patterns present in spoken language (i.e., prosody) may be an important and relatively overlooked predictor of reading ability. Two studies investigated the prosodic processing abilities of skilled adult readers and adults with developmental dyslexia. Participants with dyslexia showed reduced awareness of lexical and metrical stress and these skills were found to be significantly associated with, and predictive of, phonological decoding ability. In contrast, the same individuals showed normal patterns of stress based priming at magnitudes similar to controls. These resultssuggesting reduced phonological awareness in the context of intact phonological representationsare consistent with recent findings reported in the domain of phonemic processing. Implications for the phonological deficit theory of dyslexia are discussed.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)560-581
    Number of pages22
    JournalJournal of Cognitive Psychology
    Volume24
    Issue number5
    Early online date28 May 2012
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Aug 2012

    Keywords

    • Developmental dyslexia
    • Lexical stress
    • Metrical stress
    • Prosody
    • Reading

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Experimental and Cognitive Psychology

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