Research Article
The Orthographic Ambiguity of the Arabic Graphic System: Evidence from a Case of Central Agraphia Affecting the Two Routes of Spelling
Table 4
Performance of CHS and control participants (mean and S.D.) on the spelling-to-dictation task of ambiguous and unambiguous words and nonwords.
| Stimulus types | CHS | Controls | Modified -test/chi2 |
| Words | | | | (1) Unambiguous words (50) | | 50 (0) | , | (2) Mildly ambiguous words (50) | | 50 (0) | , | (3) Ambiguous words (50) | | 49 (.7) | ; | (4) Very ambiguous words (50) | | 49.2 (.83) | ; | Total score (200) | 49 (24.5%) | 198.2 (.83) | ; | Nonwords | | | | (1) Unambiguous nonwords (20) | | 18.6 (.89) | ; | (2) Ambiguous nonwords (20) | | 19.4 (.54) | ; | Total score (40) | 13 (32.5%) | 38 (.7) | ; |
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