Functionally Illiterate Adults Resolve Reading Difficulties Presented by Lexically Ambiguous Words: An Investigation of the Ability of the Lexical Quality Hypothesis to Describe Differential Reading Skill

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dc.contributorCohen, Josephen_US
dc.contributorShilkret, Roberten_US
dc.contributorGillis, Garyen_US
dc.contributor.advisorBinder, Katherineen_US
dc.contributor.authorWelch, Emilyen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-02-16T13:47:08Z
dc.date.available2011-02-16T13:47:08Z
dc.date.gradyear2005en_US
dc.date.issued2011-02-16
dc.date.submitted2005-05-29 23:39:46en_US
dc.description.abstractThe present study examined the characteristics of functionally illiterate adult readers reading skill using the Lexical Quality Hypothesis (Perfetti & Hart, 2001). The quality of less skilled adult readers word representations was expected to affect reading time differentially when compared with two control populations (skilled adult readers and children). Three populations were presented with balanced or biased lexically ambiguous words embedded into sentences that manipulated the location of disambiguating context. Participants reading times were recorded for two regions: the target word and post-target region. Results were not completely consistent with the set of predictions. Location of context affected reading time. Target word meaning frequency affected readers post-access processing of lexically ambiguous words. A stronger manipulation and increased sample size are likely to yield more significant effects and interactions among variables.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipPsychology & Educationen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10166/668
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.rights.restrictedpublic
dc.subjectadult literacyen_US
dc.subjectambiguity resolutionen_US
dc.subjectreading acquisitionen_US
dc.titleFunctionally Illiterate Adults Resolve Reading Difficulties Presented by Lexically Ambiguous Words: An Investigation of the Ability of the Lexical Quality Hypothesis to Describe Differential Reading Skillen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
mhc.degreeUndergraduateen_US
mhc.institutionMount Holyoke Collegeen_US

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