A second interest involves exploring parallels in the processing of spoken and written language and, in turn, the extent that any parallels indicate that spoken and written language share common phonological, orthographic, and semantic information. Contrasting silent word recognition with overt pronunciation of printed words and pseudowords. Phonology constrains the mental orthographic representation. Phonological priming by masked nonword primes in the lexical decision task.
Identity priming in English is compromised by phonological ambiguity.