Dysgraphias

Question 0

What routes is the spelling system conceptualised as having?

Answer 0

Sublexical phoneme to grapheme route

Lexical route

Question 1

What key skills does spelling system need to perform?

Answer 1

1) Ability to attempt plausible spellings for new or uncommon words (people’s names)
2) Ability to remember irregularities in sound-spelling correspondence and spell words whose spelling cannot be derived from their phonology

Question 2

What role does the sublexical PGC route have in spelling?

Answer 2

Used to read new/ non words

Uses learned sound-spelling correspondences to spell unfamiliar words:

1) sound-spelling correspondence
/s/ can be spelled s, ss or c

2) relative frequency of use:
s and ss more common than c

3) effect of context:
/s/ cannot be ss word initially

Question 3

What does damage to the sublexical PGC route cause?

Answer 3

Phonological dysgraphia

Can spell: familiar words regardless of regularity
Cannot spell: new/ non words
Errors: lexicalisation

Question 4

What is the lexical route in spelling?

Answer 4

Used to read irregular familiar words

Question 5

What does damage to the lexical route cause?

Answer 5

Surface dysgraphia

Can read: regular words regardless of familiarity
Cannot read: irregular words
Errors. Regularisation