The Orthographic Ambiguity of the Arabic Graphic System: Evidence from a Case of Central Agraphia Affecting the Two Routes of Spelling

Table 4

Performance of CHS and control participants (mean and S.D.) on the spelling-to-dictation task of ambiguous and unambiguous words and nonwords.

Stimulus types	CHS	Controls	Modified -test/chi^2
Words
(1) Unambiguous words (50)		50 (0)	,
(2) Mildly ambiguous words (50)		50 (0)	,
(3) Ambiguous words (50)		49 (.7)	;
(4) Very ambiguous words (50)		49.2 (.83)	;
Total score (200)	49 (24.5%)	198.2 (.83)	;
Nonwords
(1) Unambiguous nonwords (20)		18.6 (.89)	;
(2) Ambiguous nonwords (20)		19.4 (.54)	;
Total score (40)	13 (32.5%)	38 (.7)	;