A survey of research on text simplification

A Siddharthan - ITL-International Journal of Applied Linguistics, 2014 - jbe-platform.com
Text simplification, defined narrowly, is the process of reducing the linguistic complexity of a
text, while still retaining the original information and meaning. More broadly, text …

[图书][B] Fluency in reading: Synchronization of processes

Z Breznitz - 2006 - taylorfrancis.com
This is the first book to examine in-depth the crucial role of the speed of information
processing in the brain in determining reading fluency in both normal and dyslexic readers …

How problems of reading fluency and comprehension are related to difficulties in syntactic awareness skills among fifth graders

K Mokhtari, HB Thompson - Literacy Research and Instruction, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
In this study, we assessed and analyzed 5th grade students' levels of syntactic awareness in
relation to their reading fluency and comprehension. The aim was to examine the role of …

Sentence comprehension in young adults with developmental dyslexia

R Wiseheart, LJP Altmann, H Park, LJ Lombardino - Annals of dyslexia, 2009 - Springer
This study investigated the effects of syntactic complexity on written sentence
comprehension in compensated adults with dyslexia. Because working memory (WM) plays …

Functional MRI of sentence comprehension in children with dyslexia: beyond word recognition

SL Rimrodt, AM Clements-Stephens, KR Pugh… - Cerebral …, 2009 - academic.oup.com
Sentence comprehension (SC) studies in typical and impaired readers suggest that reading
for meaning involves more extensive brain activation than reading isolated words. Thus far …

Morphological processing in adult dyslexia

M Leikin, EZ Hagit - Journal of psycholinguistic research, 2006 - Springer
This study employed the masked-priming paradigm [Forster and Davis (J Exp Psychol bearn
Mem Cogn 10: 680–698, 1984).], along with traditional methods of evaluation of …

Effect of phonological and morphological awareness on reading comprehension in Hebrew-speaking adolescents with reading disabilities

R Schiff, S Schwartz-Nahshon, R Nagar - Annals of dyslexia, 2011 - Springer
This research explored phonological and morphological awareness among Hebrew-
speaking adolescents with reading disabilities (RD) and its effect on reading comprehension …

Semantic, syntactic, and phonological processing of written words in adult developmental dyslexic readers: an event-related brain potential study

J Rüsseler, P Becker, S Johannes, TF Münte - BMC neuroscience, 2007 - Springer
Background The present study used event-related brain potentials to investigate semantic,
phonological and syntactic processes in adult German dyslexic and normal readers in a …

Event-related potentials reveal anomalous morphosyntactic processing in developmental dyslexia

C Cantiani, ML Lorusso, P Perego, M Molteni… - Applied …, 2013 - cambridge.org
In the light of the literature describing oral language difficulties in developmental dyslexia
(DD), event-related potentials were used in order to compare morphosyntactic processing in …

Vocabulary and syntactic knowledge factors in 5th grade students' reading comprehension

K Mokhtari, DS Niederhauser - 2012 - scholarworks.uttyler.edu
In this study, we examined 5th grade students' levels of vocabulary knowledge and syntactic
awareness relative to their reading comprehension performance. The aim was to explore the …