ABSTRACT

In this article, we provide a cross-linguistic perspective on the universals and particulars in learning to read across seventeen different orthographies. Starting from the assumption that reading reflects a learned sensitivity to the systematic relationships between the surface forms of words and their meanings, we chose a broad group of seventeen languages, representing syllabic, morphosyllabic, alphasyllabic (abugida), abjad, and alphabetic writing systems. We investigated the systematic variation among these languages in their written forms and in their mapping of writing units to language units, and demonstrated the universality of operating principles in learning to read across languages and writing systems.

摘要

在这篇文章中，我们提供了一个跨语言的视角来学习阅读十七种不同的拼字法时的普遍性和特殊性。从阅读反映了对单词表面形式与其含义之间的系统关系的习得敏感性的假设出发，我们选择了一组广泛的 17 种语言，代表音节、形态音节、字母音节 (abugida)、abjad 和字母书写系统。我们调查了这些语言在书面形式和书写单位到语言单位映射方面的系统性差异，并展示了学习跨语言和书写系统阅读的操作原则的普遍性。