Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement
This study investigated the influence of multiliteracy in opaque orthographies on phonological awareness. Using a visual rhyme judgement task in English, we assessed phonological processing in three multilingual and multiliterate populations who were distinguished by the transparency of the orthogra...
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| description | This study investigated the influence of multiliteracy in opaque orthographies on phonological awareness. Using a visual rhyme judgement task in English, we assessed phonological processing in three multilingual and multiliterate populations who were distinguished by the transparency of the orthographies they can read in (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 135; ages 18–40). The first group consisted of 45 multilinguals literate in English and a transparent Latin orthography like Malay; the second group consisted of 45 multilinguals literate in English and transparent orthographies like Malay and Arabic; and the third group consisted of 45 multilinguals literate in English, transparent orthographies, and Mandarin Chinese, an opaque orthography. Results showed that all groups had poorer performance in the two opaque conditions: rhyming pairs with different orthographic endings and non-rhyming pairs with similar orthographic endings, with the latter posing the greatest difficulty. Subjects whose languages consisted of half or more opaque orthographies performed significantly better than subjects who knew more transparent orthographies than opaque orthographies. The findings are consistent with past studies that used the visual rhyme judgement paradigm and suggest that literacy experience acquired over time relating to orthographic transparency may influence performance on phonological awareness tasks. |
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| spelling | upm-1075992024-08-29T07:25:53Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107599/ Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement Yee, Jia’en Yap, Ngee Thai Mahmud, Rozi Saripan, M. Iqbal This study investigated the influence of multiliteracy in opaque orthographies on phonological awareness. Using a visual rhyme judgement task in English, we assessed phonological processing in three multilingual and multiliterate populations who were distinguished by the transparency of the orthographies they can read in (<jats:italic>N</jats:italic> = 135; ages 18–40). The first group consisted of 45 multilinguals literate in English and a transparent Latin orthography like Malay; the second group consisted of 45 multilinguals literate in English and transparent orthographies like Malay and Arabic; and the third group consisted of 45 multilinguals literate in English, transparent orthographies, and Mandarin Chinese, an opaque orthography. Results showed that all groups had poorer performance in the two opaque conditions: rhyming pairs with different orthographic endings and non-rhyming pairs with similar orthographic endings, with the latter posing the greatest difficulty. Subjects whose languages consisted of half or more opaque orthographies performed significantly better than subjects who knew more transparent orthographies than opaque orthographies. The findings are consistent with past studies that used the visual rhyme judgement paradigm and suggest that literacy experience acquired over time relating to orthographic transparency may influence performance on phonological awareness tasks. Frontiers Media 2023-03-06 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/107599/1/fpsyg-14-1038630.pdf Yee, Jia’en and Yap, Ngee Thai and Mahmud, Rozi and Saripan, M. Iqbal (2023) Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement. Frontiers in Psychology, 14. pp. 1-30. ISSN 1664-1078 https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychology/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1038630/full 10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1038630 |
| spellingShingle | Yee, Jia’en Yap, Ngee Thai Mahmud, Rozi Saripan, M. Iqbal Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement |
| title | Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement |
| title_full | Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement |
| title_fullStr | Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement |
| title_full_unstemmed | Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement |
| title_short | Effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement |
| title_sort | effects of orthographic transparency on rhyme judgement |
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