Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. Neuropsychological Cognitive and Computational Models of Reading.- 2.1. Cognitive Neuropsychological Models of Reading.- 2.2. Computational Connectionist Models of Reading.- 2.3. Current Models.- 2.4. Cross-Linguistic Studies.- 3. The Alphasyllabaries Of India — Kannada as Exemplar.- 3.1. Writing Systems and Their Evolution.- 3.2. Alphasyllabaries.- 3.3. The Indian Writing Systems.- 3.4. Kannada.- 3.5. Other Nonalphabetic Scripts.- 4. Pure Alexia.- 4.1. Definition And Characteristics.- 4.2. Cross-Linguistic Studies.- 4.3. Case Study.- 5. Surface Dyslexia.- 5.1. Definition And Characteristics.- 5.2. Cross-Linguistic Studies.- 5.3. Developmental Surface Dyslexia.- 5.4. Cross-Linguistic Studies of Developmental Surface Dyslexia.- 5.5. Case Studies of Developmental Dyslexia In Bilinguals.- 6. Deep Dyslexia.- 6.1. Definition and Characteristics.- 6.2. Cross-Linguistic Studies.- 6.3. Case Report.- 7. The Other Dyslexias.- 7.1. Phonological Dyslexia.- 7.2. Developmental Phonological Dyslexia.- 7.3. Cross-Linguistic Studies.- 7.4. Neglect Dyslexia.- 7.5. Cross-Linguistic Studies.- 7.6. Attentional Dyslexia.- 7.7. Visual Dyslexia.- 7.8. Semantic Access Dyslexia.- 8. Cross-Linguistic Studies Of Skilled Reading And Reading Acquisition.- 8.1. Empirical Research.- 8.2. Metalinguistic Skills.- 8.3. Reading Acquisition.- 9. Neuropsychological Models of Reading and The Brain — Revisited.- 9.1. The Models Revisited.- 9.2. An Alternate Framework.- 9.3. Reinterpretation of Other Bilingual Data.- 9.4. Phonological Dyslexia.- 9.5. Cross-Linguistic Studies Of The Models Of Reading.- 9.6. Empirical Support.- 10. Cross-Linguistic Studies of Reading and Reading Disorders — Implications.- 10.1. Acquired Dyslexias.- 10.2. Reading Acquisition.- 10.3. Teaching OfReading.- 10.4. Developmental Dyslexia and Its Management.- 10.5. Conclusion.- References.- Author Index.

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