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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Linguistics
  • Psycholinguistics

Background:

  • The first letter advantage is a well-documented phenomenon in reading Roman script.
  • Orthographic variations across languages may influence this reading advantage.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate if the first letter advantage observed in Roman script is present or reversed in Thai.
  • To examine the impact of Thai orthography, particularly nonaligned vowels, on letter position effects.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized a forced-choice decision paradigm with 3- and 4-letter Thai legal nonword pairs.
  • Compared letter identification across positions for both aligned and nonaligned Thai orthographic structures.

Main Results:

  • An initial letter position advantage was found for aligned Thai nonwords, mirroring Roman script findings.
  • A second letter position advantage emerged for nonaligned Thai nonwords, aligning with their phonological structure.

Conclusions:

  • The first letter advantage is adaptable and influenced by orthographic characteristics.
  • Thai orthography's structure, especially vowel-consonant ordering, significantly impacts lexical access and reading processes.