Measuring orthographic transparency and morphological-syllabic complexity in alphabetic orthographies

Autor: Frans Zwarts, Heikki Lyytinen, Elisabeth Borleffs, Bernardus Maassen
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2017
Předmět:
Linguistics and Language
Syllabic complexity
media_common.quotation_subject
EUROPEAN ORTHOGRAPHIES
muoto-oppi (kielitiede)
050105 experimental psychology
Psycholinguistics
Article
Education
CONSONANT CLUSTERS
Speech and Hearing
SPEECH RHYTHM
Reading (process)
syllabic complexity
medicine
0501 psychology and cognitive sciences
LANGUAGES
Orthographic transparency
FAMILIAL RISK
tavutus
Central element
media_common
LITERACY ACQUISITION
05 social sciences
Dyslexia
050301 education
medicine.disease
Morphological complexity
Measures
Linguistics
READING ACQUISITION
orthographic transparency
TOKEN RATIO
Neuropsychology and Physiological Psychology
WORD RECOGNITION
Word recognition
Written language
DEVELOPMENTAL DYSLEXIA
Syllabic verse
Psychology
mitat
0503 education
morphological complexity
Orthography
Zdroj: Reading and Writing
Reading and writing, 30(8), 1617-1638. SPRINGER
ISSN: 0922-4777
Popis: This narrative review discusses quantitative indices measuring differences between alphabetic languages that are related to the process of word recognition. The specific orthography that a child is acquiring has been identified as a central element influencing reading acquisition and dyslexia. However, the development of reliable metrics to measure differences between language scripts hasn’t received much attention so far. This paper therefore reviews metrics proposed in the literature for quantifying orthographic transparency, syllabic complexity, and morphological complexity of alphabetic languages. The review included searches of Web of Science, PubMed, PsychInfo, Google Scholar, and various online sources. Search terms pertained to orthographic transparency, morphological complexity, and syllabic complexity in relation to reading acquisition, and dyslexia. Although the predictive value of these metrics is promising, more research is needed to validate the value of the metrics discussed and to understand the ‘developmental footprint’ of orthographic transparency, morphological complexity, and syllabic complexity in the lexical organization and processing strategies. peerReviewed
Databáze: OpenAIRE