Speech and reading : a comparative approach

Part 1 Speech processing, its specificity and its relation to reading: the relation of speech to reading and writing, A.M. Liberman the recognition of lexical units in speech, A. Cutler, J.M. McQueen on the linguistic module in auditory memory, R.G. Crowder, A.M. Surprenant gestures, features and segments inearly child speech, M. Studdert-Kennedy, E. Whitney-Goodel. Part 2 Speech and reading in different modalities: language by touch - the case of braille reading, P. Bertelson prelingual deafness and literacy - a new look at old ideas, R. Campbell, V. Burden memory deficits for heard and lip-read speech in young and adult poor readers, B. de Gelder, J. Vroomen. Part 3 Reading in different orthographies: cognitive processes in writing Chinese characters - basic issues and some preliminary data, S.-P. Law, A. Caramazza phonological processes in Serbo-Croatian and English, G. Lukatela, M.T. Turvey non- semantic reading in Kanji and English - universal and specific language features, S. Sasanuma, K. Patterson learning to be a conspirator - a tale of becoming a good Chinese reader, J.L. Ovid Tzeng et al. Part 4 Reading acquisition and its impact on language processes: phonological and grammatical skills in learning to read, P. Bryant the impact of learning to read on the functional anatomy of language processing, T.H. Carr, M.I. Posner literacy and linguistic awareness, P. Karanth et al the consequences of phonemic awareness, J. Morais, R. Kolinsky mechanisms of word-retrieval - neuropsychological investigations of patients with Parkinson's disease, J. Gurd, J.M. Marshall.