title: What and where is the word?
abstract: Examples from Chinese, Thai, and Finnish illustrate why researchers cannot always be confident about the precise nature of the word unit. Understanding ambiguities regarding where a word begins and ends, and how to model word recognition when many derivations of a word are possible, is essential for universal theories of reading applied to both developing and expert readers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, New Territories, Hong Kong. cmcbride@psy.cuhk.edu.hk
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McBride-Chang
authors.forename: Hsuan-Chih
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Benjawan
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kasisopa
authors.forename: Denis
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Burnham
authors.forename: Ronan
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Reilly
authors.forename: Paavo
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Leppänen
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics