THE LOCUS OF ORTHOGRAPHIC-PHONOLOGICAL FACILITATION - REPLY

In their comment, A. Roelofs, A. S. Meyer, and W. J. M. Levelt (1996) argued that serial-access language production models predict an intera ction between semantic and orthographic phonological variables in pict ure-word tasks. In this reply, the authors first show that this positi on conflicts with Roelofs et al.'s previous work and conclude that the model presented in the comment is a modification of Roelof's (1992a, 1992b) original model. Next, they present 3 arguments against this new model. First, Roelofs et al. did slot provide independent empirical e vidence in favor of their modification. Second, contrary to Roelofs et al.'s prediction, the reduction of semantic interference appears to b e independent of the percentage of shared orthography. Third, Roelofs et al.'s model predicts early phonological effects of spoken-word dist ractors, a prediction that is refuted by time-course data reported by H. Schriefers, A. S. Meyer, and W. J. M. Levelt (1990).