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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2009 Apr 27.
Published in final edited form as: Dev Sci. 2008 Mar;11(2):321–337. doi: 10.1111/j.1467-7687.2008.00678.x

Table 2.

Examples of Phonological and Orthographic Combinations for Prime and Target Word Pairs

Phonology Orthography


  Similar (O+)   Dissimilar (O−)
Rhyme (R+) Congruent (R+O+) Incongruent (R+O−)
  TOWN, CROWN   NOUN, CROWN
  HOME, DOME   FOAM, DOME
  DOVE, LOVE   OF, LOVE
Nonrhyme (R−) Incongruent (R-O+) Congruent (R−O−)
  SHOWN, CROWN   POUR, CROWN
  COME, DOME   IDEA, DOME
  MOVE, LOVE   TOES, LOVE

Note: See Weber-Fox et al., 2003 for complete list of word pair stimuli.