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Reading, writing and dyslexia : a cognitive analysis

Title: Reading, writing and dyslexia : a cognitive analysis / Andrew W. Ellis.
Author: Ellis, Andrew W.
Publication: Hove (UK) ; Hillsdale (USA) : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, [1993], ©1993.

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xiv, 137 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.

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Open University set book

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Open University set book.

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Contents

1. Written Language. The Origins of Writing. The Emergence of True Writing. The Origins of English Spelling. Orthography and Phonology. Uses of Writing -- 2. Skilled Word Recognition. Eye Movements in Reading. Factors Affecting the Ease or Difficulty of Word Recognition -- 3. Models of Word Recognition. A Simple Model for Word Recognition in Reading. Lexical versus Sublexical Routes from Print to Sound. The Role of Sound in Accessing the Meanings of Familiar Words -- 4. The Acquired Dyslexias. Peripheral Dyslexias. Central Dyslexias -- 5. Words in Combinations. Comprehending Text. Reading and Listening. Literacy, Text and Memory -- 6. Writing and Spelling. Planning to Write. Spelling Familiar Words. Spelling Unfamiliar Words. Central Acquired Dysgraphias. Peripheral Writing Processes and Peripheral Dysgraphias -- 7. Learning to Read and Write. Pre-reading. Beginning Reading. Teaching Reading. Learning to Write -- 8. Developmental Disorders of Reading and Writing. The Cognitive Basis of Dyslexia.
Is There Anything Special About Being Dyslexic? The Biological Basis of Dyslexia. Spelling and Writing in Dyslexia. Teaching Dyslexics. Developmental Comprehension Disorders.

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