Scripts’ influence on reading processes and cognition: a preamble

Padakannaya, Prakash; Georgiou, George K.; Winskel, Heather

doi:10.1007/s41809-022-00109-9

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“…The specific graphemic form of any writing system include the letter shape, letter/grapheme configuration (Roman letters vs. Devanagari), syllable (or character) formation, diacritics or circumflexes, word constituents (simple or compound words), spatial relations, and syllabic format. These constituents yield considerable effects on mental processes of individuals such as their thinking, reasoning, stimuli recognition, concept formation and worldview [ 1 , 3 ]. There is a relation, therefore, between other constituents of language, mental processes associated with language processing and its orthographic form or the script.…”

Section: Malayalam Orthographymentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Orthography, which literally means ‘correct writing’, deals with written forms of languages, including writing systems, script, and spelling and punctuation conventions. Primarily, it deals with the conventions mapping the spoken language with its script, which is the set of visual symbols employed to graphemically encode the spoken language [ 1 ]. As a field of study, it enjoys a unique position because it combines insights from such myriad fields of research as linguistics, typology, psychology, and reading-writing [ 2 , 3 ].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The effect of script reform on levels of orthographic knowledge: Evidence from alphasyllabary Malayalam scripts

2023

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This study explores the idea of the two levels of orthographic knowledge, i.e. lexical and sublexical; in particular, how these levels are affected in the case of the Indian language Malayalam that went through a script reform in 1971. Through reading and writings tasks, we compare the performance of elderly participants who gained literacy in the traditional script (with complex ligatures), with younger participants who gained literacy in the reformed script (with simpler glyphs). Both the groups read text faster in reformed script indicating script simplification was beneficial. While writing, the elderly participants largely employed the traditional script and younger ones used the reformed script. The study provides proof from non-European alphabet that orthographic knowledge indeed has two independent but related levels. Although a change in script affects both the levels, sublexical one seems more resistant to change, possibly due to less opportunities to update it.

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Section: Malayalam Orthographymentioning

confidence: 99%