文字改革对拼写知识水平的影响:来自马来拉语字母拼写的证据
Krithika Nambiar1, Kiran Kishore2, Pranesh Bhargava1
1Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Birla Institute of Technology & Science Pilani, Hyderabad, India.
PloS one
|August 3, 2023
概括
1971年马来拉语字体改革通过简化字符来提高阅读速度. 虽然词汇和副词汇的拼写知识水平都受到影响,但副词汇水平对变化表现出了更大的抵抗力.
科学领域:
- 语言学的语言学.
- 认知心理学 认知心理学
- 脚本 进化 演化 演化
背景情况:
- 拼写知识包括不同的词汇和子词汇层次.
- 脚本改革可能会影响识字和认知处理书面语言.
- 1971年马来拉语脚本改革为检查脚本演变的影响提供了一个独特的案例研究.
研究的目的:
- 调查1971年马来拉语文字改革对词典和副词典拼写知识的影响.
- 为了比较识字和写字的表现,识字在传统的书写和识字在改革的书写的人之间的个人.
- 从非欧洲语言中提供关于正写知识水平的区别和相互作用的证据.
主要方法:
- 阅读和写作任务的比较分析.
- 包括老年参与者 (传统脚本) 和年轻参与者 (改革脚本).
- 评估与脚本复杂性和识字能力获取相关的绩效指标.
主要成果:
- 参与者在改革后的脚本中更快地阅读文本,这表明了脚本简化的好处.
- 老年参与者主要使用传统的文字来写作,而年轻的参与者则使用了改革的文字.
- 有证据表明,亚词汇的拼写知识比词汇知识更能抵抗脚本的变化.
结论:
- 这项研究证实了两个独立但相关的拼写知识水平的存在.
- 脚本改革可以影响词法和子词法处理,子词法层面显示出更大的持久性.
- 了解这些层次对于分析脚本演变和改革的认知影响至关重要.
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