Concepedia

Lexical Quality Hypothesis

The Lexical Quality Hypothesis is a theoretical framework in cognitive psycholinguistics positing that the accuracy and efficiency of word knowledge—including spelling, pronunciation, meaning, and grammatical behavior—directly determine the efficiency of higher-level language comprehension and production.

78

Publications

7.7K

Citations

182

Authors

94

Institutions

Publications per year

2017–2026

18

Parents

Publications

78

Reading Ability: Lexical Quality to Comprehension

Charles A. Perfetti · Scientific Studies of Reading · 2007 · 2K citations

, , +16

Prediction of the development of reading comprehension: a longitudinal study

Ludo Verhoeven, Jan van Leeuwe · Applied Cognitive Psychology · 2008 · 548 citations

, , +16

The lexical quality hypothesis

Charles A. Perfetti, Lesley Hart · Studies in written language and literacy · 2002 · 486 citations

, , +8

Recall of prose as a function of the structural importance of the linguistic units

Ronald E. Johnson · Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior · 1970 · 386 citations

, , +8

Vocabulary Growth and Reading Development across the Elementary School Years

Ludo Verhoeven, Jan van Leeuwe, Anne Vermeer · Scientific Studies of Reading · 2011 · 345 citations

, , +17

1–5 of 78

Authors

182

  1. LV
    Ludo Verhoeven

    Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands

    6 publications · 1K citations

    6

    h-index

  2. CA
    Charles A. Perfetti

    University of Pittsburgh, United States

    6 publications · 2.7K citations

    6

    h-index

  3. SA
    Sally Andrews

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    4 publications · 443 citations

    4

    h-index

  4. AP
    Athanassios Protopapas

    National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Greece

    2 publications · 231 citations

    2

    h-index

  5. MC
    Maryellen C. MacDonald

    University of Wisconsin–Madison, United States

    2 publications · 40 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5 of 182

Institutions

94

  1. University of Pittsburgh

    Pittsburgh, United States

    6 h-index

    10 publications

    2.5K citations

  2. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    6 h-index

    17 publications

    2.1K citations

  3. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    950 citations

  4. Concordia University

    Montreal, Canada

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    192 citations

  5. University of California, Riverside

    Riverside, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    290 citations

  6. University of Crete

    Rethymno, Greece

    2 h-index

    6 publications

    693 citations

  7. Mount Allison University

    Sackville, Canada

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    66 citations

  8. Institute for Language and Speech Processing

    Marousi, Greece

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    231 citations

1–8 of 94

Venues

  1. Scientific Studies of Reading

    SSR · 8 publications · 2.7K citations

    8

    h-index

  2. Perception & Psychophysics

    3 publications · 65 citations

    3

    h-index

  3. Reading and Writing

    3 publications · 102 citations

    3

    h-index

  4. Journal of Learning Disabilities

    JLD · 3 publications · 413 citations

    3

    h-index

  5. Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior

    2 publications · 402 citations

    2

    h-index

1–5