Describes a study that developed a syllable rank order list and attempted to answer such questions as "What is the most common syllable? and "What is the next most common syllable?" (HOD)

Outlines some of the arguments that favor accelerating the development of the technology of readability in developing nations. (RB)

Investigates readability of different line lengths in advertising body copy, hypothesizing a normal curve with lower scores for shorter and longer lines, and scores above the mean for lines in the middle of the distribution. Finds support for lower scores for short lines and some evidence of two optimum line lengths rather than one. (SKC)

This study concluded that normal reading comprehension, at least at the literal level in mature readers, was shown to be a more precise form of language processing than listening to spontaneous speech. (HOD)

English and Hebrew native speakers read texts mutilated by removing strips at the top or bottom of lines. Reading English texts was impaired more by mutilating the top, but the reverse was found for Hebrew texts, due to the different ways information is distributed along the vertical axis of Roman and Hebrew letters. (Author/GT)

Compares three linguistically motivated algorithms for assigning between-word space sizes for their impact on text readability. Finds that the readability of text can be improved with the aid of a rudimentary automatic parser. (PRA)

Concludes that letter-sound learning, word recognition, and reading ability do not appear to be affected by letter-name instruction. (RB)

Describes two experiments that explore the effect of line length and paging versus scrolling on reading from screen. Finds that long lines were read faster than short lines with no change in comprehension and that subject's judgment of reading ease did not correlate with performance. Concludes that further study is needed. (PA)

Finds layout of a list affects the way it is read and understood; recall for separately arranged lists in text was better than that for continuously arranged lists, and notes a difference in reading patterns between the two layouts; and a separated list allowed readers to reread the points selectively, while a continuous list made readers reread…

Preliminary findings are consistent with the view that less experienced readers transform graphic to aural input before deriving a semantic interpretation. (RB)

Addresses the question of the relative contributions of surface word forms and root morphemes in word representation and recognition. (FL)

Reports the findings of experiments that suggest that much of perception, even to high interpretive levels, is automatic and independent of intention or consciousness, and that the production of words in reading may involve problems that have nothing to do with articulation, even if the words have been identified. (GT)

Investigated the use of an intermediate level of orthographic representation based upon the theoretical framework of transformational-generative grammar. (RB)