Publisher's Synopsis
This volume contains contributions from researchers at the forefront of cognitive and developmental psychology, linguistics and psycholinguistics, neuropsychology, computational approaches, connectionism and educational research. The key issues covered include: the diversity and evolution of writing systems; spelling in different languages and orthographies; information-processing models of spelling; representations and strategies; dual route models of spelling; analyses of spelling errors and latencies; computational models of spelling; connectionist approaches; representational issues and the sequential nature of spelling; spelling acquisition; developmental stages and causal transitions; interactions between spelling and reading acquisition; abnormal spelling processes in developmental and acquired dyslexia, deafness, hyperlexia, and other syndromes; spelling instruction and remediation; and computer-based remedial methods.
