| Even good readers can have difficulty spelling words with doubled letters. One problem with geminates is that they cannot be discerned from the phonological representation; an orthographic representation is required. Two recent models of the orthographic representation of words have been developed by Caramazza and Miceli (1990) and McCloskey, Badecker, Goodman-Schulman and Aliminosa (1994) based upon case studies of individuals with acquired dyslexia. This study tests the accuracy of these models in explaining the geminate spelling errors of individuals without dyslexia. Findings from both college student and elementary student samples support the McCloskey et al. model. Interactions between orthographic and phonological representations are discussed. |
