Phonological Processes in Reading: Generalized Principles and Writing System Comparisons

这个项目将比较三种不同书写系统的阅读过程：英语、中文和希伯来语。因为这三种书写系统在结构上不同，它们的阅读方式也可能不同。关键的区别在于语言的声音是如何与文字联系起来的。英语是一种字母系统，发音和字母可以联系起来。在汉语中，由于没有字母，阅读中所涉及的唯一语音应该来自整个单词。希伯来语是一个中间的例子，有字母，但省略了元音。研究方法将采用三种系统中的单词识别实验。通过这些比较，本研究将确定音系在不同书写系统中的普遍作用，以及每种书写系统为阅读提供的特定特征。从长远来看，从这项研究中得出的见解可以帮助我们制定克服英语和其他语言阅读障碍的策略。

This project will compare reading processes in three different writing systems: English, Chinese, and Hebrew. Because these three writing systems differ in structure, they may also differ in how they are read. The key difference concerns how the sounds of the language are connected to the writing. In English, which is an alphabetic system, sounds and letters can be connected. In Chinese, since there are no letters, the only speech sounds involved in reading should derive from whole words. Hebrew is an intermediate case, having letters, but omitting vowels. The research method will employ experiments on word identification in the three systems. As a result of these comparisons, the research will identify both the universal role of phonology across different writing systems and the specific character each system provides to reading. In the long run, the insights derived from this research can help us devise strategies to overcome reading disabilities in English and other languages.