Sound and meaning: how native language affects reading strategies
Julie A. Fiez
Julie Fiez is in the Department of Psychology, 605
LRDC, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
15260, USA. fiez+@pitt.edu
In the Italian language, spelling is consistently related to pronunciation,
whereas English words that are spelled similarly are often pronounced differently.
An imaging study now shows that native language affects the brain regions
activated by reading aloud.
