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Effects of Orthography in the Picture-Word Task: Evidence from Japanese Scripts
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Dylman, Alexandra S.; Kikutani, Mariko; Sasaki, Miho; Barry, Christopher – Reading and Writing: An Interdisciplinary Journal, 2022
The picture-word task presents participants with a number of pictured objects together with a written distractor word superimposed upon each picture, and their task is to name the depicted object while ignoring the distractor word. Depending on the specific picture and word combination, various effects, including the identity facilitation effect…
Descriptors: Japanese, Written Language, Pictorial Stimuli, Task Analysis
Orthographic Activation in Spoken Word Recognition of L2 Phonological Variants
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Han, Jeong-Im; Kim, Song Yi – Second Language Research, 2022
The present study investigated the influence of orthographic input on the recognition of second language (L2) spoken words with phonological variants, when first language (L1) and L2 have different orthographic structures. Lexical encoding for intermediate-to-advanced level Mandarin learners of Korean was assessed using masked cross-modal and…
Descriptors: Phonology, Second Language Learning, Language Variation, Syllables
Can the First Letter Advantage Be Shaped by Script-Specific Characteristics?
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Winskel, Heather; Ratitamkul, Theeraporn; Perea, Manuel – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2018
We examined whether the first letter advantage that has been reported in the Roman script disappears, or even reverses, depending on the characteristics of the orthography. We chose Thai because it has several "nonaligned" vowels that are written prior to the consonant but phonologically follow it in speech (e.g., ??? <e:fn> is…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Written Language, Thai, Vowels
Literacy Learning in the Twenty-First Century: How Much Have We Learnt?
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Clark, Margaret M. – FORUM: for promoting 3-19 comprehensive education, 2017
Languages differ in the way that speech and meaning are represented in written form: in English, the correspondences are variable. Thus, in learning to read in English there is need for an approach that combines alphabetic decoding and a mastery of sight vocabulary. Teaching children to read should develop from an analysis of the skills and…
Descriptors: Literacy, Written Language, Speech Communication, Phoneme Grapheme Correspondence
A Brief Look at the Vietnamese Language: Sounds and Spellings. General Information Series, No. 6. Indochinese Refugee Education Guides.
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Center for Applied Linguistics, Arlington, VA. – 1976
This short description of the sound and spelling systems of the Vietnamese language is intended for the sponsor, teacher or friend (of Vietnamese refugees) who may have difficulty in pronouncing Vietnamese names, reading handwriting, or using a Vietnamese-English dictionary or phrasebook. Focusing primarily on the Southern dialect of Vietnamese,…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Consonants, Indochinese, Language Patterns
Communication Arts in the Ancient World.
Havelock, Eric A., Ed.; Hershbell, Jackson P., Ed. – 1978
Intended for both classicists and nonclassicists, this volume explores the beginnings of literacy in ancient Greece and Rome and examines the effects of written communication on these cultures. The nine articles, written by classical scholars and educators in the field of communication, discuss the following: the superiority of the alphabet over…
Descriptors: Alphabets, Ancient History, Classical Literature, Communication (Thought Transfer)