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Consideration of the linguistic characteristics of letters makes the universal model of reading more universal

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 August 2012

Kyungil Kim ,
Chang H. Lee  and
Yoonhyoung Lee
Kyungil Kim
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Ajou University, Suwon 443-749, Republic of Korea. kyungilkim@ajou.ac.krhttp://ajou.ac.kr/~tetross
Chang H. Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Sogang University, Seoul 121-742, Republic of Korea. chleehoan@sogang.ac.kr
Yoonhyoung Lee
Affiliation:
Department of Psychology, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu 712-702, Republic of Korea. hyounglee@cu.ac.kr
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Abstract

We suggest that the linguistic characteristics of letters also need to be considered to fully understand how a reader processes printed words. For example, studies in Korean showed that unambiguity in the assignment of letters to their appropriate onset, vowel, or coda slot is one of the main sources of the letter-transposition effect. Indeed, the cognitive system that processes Korean is tuned to the structure of the Korean writing system.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Information
Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 35 , Issue 5 , October 2012 , pp. 291 - 292
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2012 

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