University Tehran Language Research 1026-2288 6 1 2015 05 22 The Role of Orthography in Facilitation of the Perception of Heterographic Homophones The Role of Orthography in Facilitation of the Perception of Heterographic Homophones 119 135 56646 10.22059/jolr.2015.56646 FA Fahimeh Nasib Zarraby M.A. Student of General Linguistics, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad Shahla Sharifi Associate Professor of Ferdowsi University of Mashad Journal Article 2015 01 21 The role of orthography in difficult speech perception tasks has already been proved (Dehaene & Cohen, 2011). Since the processing of heterographic homophones is believed to be more difficult than other words (Hino & colleagues, 2013), the present study aimed at identifying the role of orthography and word forms in perception of such words during top-down processes, such as speech perception. A kind of priming experiment was programmed on the basis of a mixed word processing and retrieval model. This model was the result of combining the models proposed by Levelt, Roelofs, and Meyer (1999) and Dell (1990). 41 participants took part in the experiment and the data analysis confirmed the research hypothesis by 95 percent of certainty. The role of orthography in difficult speech perception tasks has already been proved (Dehaene & Cohen, 2011). Since the processing of heterographic homophones is believed to be more difficult than other words (Hino & colleagues, 2013), the present study aimed at identifying the role of orthography and word forms in perception of such words during top-down processes, such as speech perception. A kind of priming experiment was programmed on the basis of a mixed word processing and retrieval model. This model was the result of combining the models proposed by Levelt, Roelofs, and Meyer (1999) and Dell (1990). 41 participants took part in the experiment and the data analysis confirmed the research hypothesis by 95 percent of certainty. https://jolr.ut.ac.ir/article_56646_96c24ed73cb69f65c43f97fcdadd2d1c.pdf