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Spanish and the characteristics of acquired disorders in reading and writing / El español y las características de los trastornos adquiridos de la lectura y la escritura
Spanish has unique phonological, lexical and grammatical features and a unique literacy system; these characteristics may influence the specific way acquired disorders in written language manifest themselves. The purpose of this article is to firstly review the specific characteristics of Spanish and subsequently analyse alterations in cases of alexia. A review of reading models is presented as well. It is concluded that a direct application of reading models developed for other languages that have noticeably irregular writing systems does not seem appropriate to interpret Spanish errors after brain damage.
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