ASSEMBLY OF CONSONANT AND VOWEL PHONOLOGY IN READING

描述(改编自《调查者摘要》)：这项研究 该项目调查了语音在英语阅读中的作用：阅读 单词仅由字素(字母)的直接关联和 意思，或者，相反，它是受语音信息的限制， 通过将字母映射成音素来组装？尽管做了大量的研究工作 解决音系学是否限制阅读的问题，现有的文献 揭示了一些明显的矛盾。这些矛盾很大程度上是由于 未能解决什么是音系学的问题：音系学 在阅读中集合的表征是语言实体，其 加工受制于它们的结构。因此，任何帐户 音系学的作用必须参照它的语言学来表述 结构。两个主要的长期目标推动了目前的研究计划。 一种是研究特定的音系学组合模型及其 对熟练的英语读者的贡献。根据双周期模型， 辅音和元音是两个不同的结构成分，由 在速度和自动化程度上形成反差的不同过程。一系列 掩蔽和启动实验的目的是评估模型的 关于辅音和元音计算性质的预测 汇编与信息技术在英语阅读中的作用。第二个广泛的目标是 考察语音表征集合于 阅读受语言知识的制约。以下是语言学 理论，这个项目确定了结构的几个表现形式 在音系表征中区分辅音和元音。 一系列研究考察了这些语言差异是否会制约 阅读中集合的表征的结构。这 调查具有广泛的跨学科影响。揭示了 集合音韵学的本质及其对熟练阅读的贡献 对阅读教学和阅读研究的直接启示 残疾。语音表征的结构研究 集合阅读是心理语言学和心理语言学共同关注的问题 语言学理论。最重要的是，研究阅读的相互作用 能力和语言语音能力不仅对我们的 对阅读的理解，但进一步对人类有一些直接的影响 健康：考虑到语音成分的可遗传方面 阅读，研究语音表征在阅读中的作用 它们的结构探索了人类遗传天赋的一个组成部分。

DESCRIPTION (Adapted from the Investigator's Abstract): This research program investigates the role of phonology in reading English: Does reading a word consist solely of a direct association of grapheme (letters) and meaning, or, instead, is it constrained by phonological information, assembled by mapping letters into phonemes? Despite much research effort addressing whether phonology constrains reading, the existing literature reveals some marked contradictions. These contradictions are largely due to a failure to address the question of what phonology is: Phonological representations assembled in reading are linguistic entities whose processing is constrained by their structure. Thus, any account for the role of phonology must be formulated with reference to its linguistic structure. Two major long term goals motivate the present research program. One is to examine a specific model of the assembly of phonology and its contribution to skilled English readers. According to the two cycles model, consonants and vowels are two distinct structural components assembled by distinct processes that contrast in their speed and automaticity. A series of masking and priming experiments is designed to assess the model's predictions regarding the computations properties of consonant and vowel assembly and it role in reading English. A second broad goal is to investigate the thesis that phonological representations assembled in reading are constrained by linguistic knowledge. Following linguistic theory, this project identifies several manifestations of a structural distinction between consonants and vowels in phonological representations. A series of studies examines whether these linguistic distinctions constrain the structure of the representations assembled in reading. This investigation carries wide interdisciplinary implications. Revealing the nature of assembled phonology and its contribution to skilled reading has direct implications for reading instructions and the study of reading disability. Studying the structure of phonological representations assembledin reading is of great interest to both psycholinguistics and linguistic theory. Most importantly, examining the interaction of reading ability and linguistic phonological competence is not only crucial of our understanding of reading but further has some direct implications for human health: in view of the heritable aspect of the phonological component in reading, investigating the role of phonological representations in reading and their structure explores a component of the human genetic endowment.