Abstract Thai has its own distinctive alphabetic script with syllabic characteristics
as it has implicit vowels for some consonants. Consonants are written in a linear
order, but vowels can be written non-linearly above, below or to either side of the
consonant. Of particular interest to the current study are that vowels can precede the
consonant in writing but follow it in speech, hence a mismatch between the spoken
and written sequence occurs, for example ‘flat’ is spoken as /bɛ:n/ or in a
more severely misaligned example where the vowel operates across syllables the
word ‘insect’ is spoken as /m(a)lɛ:ŋ/. In order to investigate if there is a
processing cost associated with this discrepancy between spoken and written
sequence for vowels and the implications this has in relation to the grain size used
when reading Thai, eye movements of adults reading words with and without
misaligned vowels in sentences using the EyeLink II tracking system was conducted.
Twenty-four university students read 50 pairs of words with misaligned and
aligned vowel words matched for length and frequency embedded in same sentence
frames. In addition, rapid naming data from forty adults was collected. Data from
forty children 6;6–8;6 years old reading and spelling comparable words was also
collected and analysed for errors. Results revealed a processing cost due to the more
severely misaligned words where the vowel operates across the syllable, and gives
support for a syllabic level of segmentation rather than phonemic for reading and
spelling in Thai adults and children.
Keywords Development · Grain size · Reading · Spelling · Thai ·
Vowels
H. Winskel (&)
MARCS Auditory Laboratories, University of Western Sydney, Locked Bag 1797,
Bankstown Campus, Building 1, Penrith South DC, NSW, Australia
e-mail: h.winskel@uws.edu.au
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Read Writ (2009) 22:1–24
DOI 10.1007/s11145-007-9100-z
Abstract Thai has its own distinctive alphabetic script with syllabic characteristicsas it has implicit vowels for some consonants. Consonants are written in a linearorder, but vowels can be written non-linearly above, below or to either side of theconsonant. Of particular interest to the current study are that vowels can precede theconsonant in writing but follow it in speech, hence a mismatch between the spokenand written sequence occurs, for example ‘flat’ is spoken as /bɛ:n/ or in amore severely misaligned example where the vowel operates across syllables theword ‘insect’ is spoken as /m(a)lɛ:ŋ/. In order to investigate if there is aprocessing cost associated with this discrepancy between spoken and writtensequence for vowels and the implications this has in relation to the grain size usedwhen reading Thai, eye movements of adults reading words with and withoutmisaligned vowels in sentences using the EyeLink II tracking system was conducted.Twenty-four university students read 50 pairs of words with misaligned andaligned vowel words matched for length and frequency embedded in same sentenceframes. In addition, rapid naming data from forty adults was collected. Data fromforty children 6;6–8;6 years old reading and spelling comparable words was alsocollected and analysed for errors. Results revealed a processing cost due to the moreseverely misaligned words where the vowel operates across the syllable, and givesสนับสนุนการเน้นพยางค์ระดับการแบ่ง มากกว่า phonemic สำหรับการอ่าน และการสะกดในคนไทยและเด็กคำสำคัญการพัฒนาทรัพยากร ·ขนาดเมล็ดข้าว อ่าน· ·การสะกด ไทย·สระH. Winskel (และ)MARCS หูห้องปฏิบัติการ มหาวิทยาลัยของเวสเทิร์นซิดนี่ย์ ล็อคกระเป๋าค.ศ. 1797แบงค์ทาวน์มหาวิทยาลัย อาคาร 1 ใต้ฟิต DC นิวเซาธ์เวลส์ ออสเตรเลียอีเมล์: h.winskel@uws.edu.au123อ่าน Writ (2009) 22:1-24ดอย 10.1007/s11145-007-9100-z
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