alleryLinking a new word's meaning to similar words is which processing?
AShallow phonemic processing
BStructural word recognition
CVisual letter scanning
DDeep semantic processing
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Deep semantic processing
1. Encoding the meaning of a word and relating it to similar words is semantic work.
2. Semantic work is called deep processing in comprehension research.
3. Shallow processing deals only with word structure and sounds, so the other options fail.
_Source: Wikipedia, Reading comprehension, section Reading comprehension levels_
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