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Appendix 2.1<br />

Ma<strong>in</strong> representative processes accessed accord<strong>in</strong>g to the Cognitive Neuropsychology<br />

model (Kay et al, 1992; Ellis and Young, 1996)<br />

Module and function<br />

Auditory Phonological Analyses<br />

Processes <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g acoustic <strong>in</strong>formation, possibly <strong>in</strong>to<br />

phonemes or segments<br />

Phonological Input Lexicon<br />

Conta<strong>in</strong>s representations <strong>of</strong> every word <strong>in</strong> a person’s<br />

vocabulary recognis<strong>in</strong>g when a spoken word is known<br />

Phonological Output Lexicon<br />

Stores abstract specification for the spoken form <strong>of</strong> every<br />

word <strong>in</strong> person’s vocabulary<br />

Acoustic to Phonological Conversion<br />

Represents the ability to repeat heard non-words<br />

Phonological Output Buffer<br />

Acts as a brief temporary storage <strong>of</strong> sounds to be assembled<br />

for a spoken word<br />

Visual/ Object Recognition<br />

Processes <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g picture/ object material<br />

Semantic System<br />

Stores the knowledge <strong>of</strong> the mean<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> all known words<br />

Abstract Letter Identification<br />

Processes <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g written <strong>in</strong>formation and is basically a<br />

letter identification process<br />

Orthographic Input Lexicon<br />

Conta<strong>in</strong>s representations <strong>of</strong> every word <strong>in</strong> a person’s<br />

vocabulary recognis<strong>in</strong>g when a written word is known<br />

Orthographic Output Lexicon<br />

Stores abstract specification for the written forms <strong>of</strong> all words<br />

<strong>in</strong> a person’s vocabulary<br />

Letter to Phonological Conversion<br />

Represents the ability to read aloud non-words<br />

Phonological to Letter Conversion<br />

Represents the ability to spell written non-words<br />

Copy Words<br />

Represents the ability to copy written letters or words<br />

Graphemic Output Buffer<br />

Acts as a brief temporary storage <strong>of</strong> str<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> letters <strong>in</strong> correct<br />

order when writ<strong>in</strong>g words<br />

Tasks used for assess<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

<strong>in</strong>tegrity <strong>of</strong> module/ pathway<br />

Non-word m<strong>in</strong>imal pair judgement on a<br />

same/ different basis (listen<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Lexical decision on a real/ non-word<br />

basis (listen<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Picture Syllable test where pictures are<br />

sorted on the basis <strong>of</strong> syllable structure<br />

(listen<strong>in</strong>g or image)<br />

Repetition <strong>of</strong> non-words (listen<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Repetition <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g length <strong>of</strong><br />

str<strong>in</strong>gs <strong>of</strong> letters (listen<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Pictures presented on a real or made<br />

up basis<br />

Synonym judgement on same /<br />

different basis, categorisation tasks<br />

(listen<strong>in</strong>g, read<strong>in</strong>g or images)<br />

Cross case letter match<strong>in</strong>g on a same/<br />

different basis (read<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Lexical decision on a real/ non-word<br />

basis (read<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Written syllable match<strong>in</strong>g (read<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Read aloud non-words (read<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Written spell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> non-words (writ<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Copy written words (writ<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

Written spell<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> <strong>in</strong>creas<strong>in</strong>g length <strong>of</strong><br />

words (writ<strong>in</strong>g)<br />

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