language and reading

Question 1

name the factors that affect word recognition

Answer 1

word frequency
predictability
neighbourhood effects

Question 2

how does word frequency affect word recognition

Answer 2

commonly used words are recognised more easily than infrequent words

Question 3

how does predictability affect word recognition

Answer 3

predictable words are recognised more easily than those in neutral misleading contexts

Question 4

how does neighbourhood effects impact recognition

Answer 4

word identification can be speeded when similar words exists in the language