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Comparative analyses of the information content of letters, characters, and inter-word spaces across writing systems

文献类型：期刊论文

作者Huang, Linjieqiong3; Reichle, Erik D.2; Li, Xingshan1,3
刊名ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES
出版日期2024-07-02
页码11
关键词information theory reading scripts writing systems
ISSN号0077-8923
DOI10.1111/nyas.15178
通讯作者Li, Xingshan(lixs@psych.ac.cn)
英文摘要One difference among writing systems is how orthographic cues are used to demarcate words; although most alphabetic scripts use inter-word spaces, some Asian scripts do not explicitly mark word boundaries (e.g., Chinese). It is unclear whether these differences are arbitrary or whether they are designed to maximize reading efficiency. Here, we show that spaces inserted between words in non-demarcated scripts provide less information about word boundaries than spaces in demarcated scripts. Furthermore, despite the fact that less information is contained by inter-word spaces than characters/letters of the same size, the information content of inter-word spaces in demarcated scripts is closer to that of characters/letters compared to the information content of inter-word spaces that are inserted in non-demarcated scripts. These results suggest that the conventions used to demarcate word boundaries are sufficient to support efficient reading. Our findings provide new insights into the universals and variation across writing systems and shed light on the mental processes that support skilled reading. The different methods for marking word boundaries that have been adopted by various writing systems are not arbitrary but are instead co-determined by other orthographic properties of the writing systems and have been adopted to increase reading efficiency. image
收录类别SCI
WOS关键词EYE-MOVEMENT CONTROL ; UNSPACED TEXT ; CHINESE TEXT ; SEGMENTATION ; PREDICTABILITY ; JAPANESE ; ENTROPY
资助项目National Natural Science Foundation of China[32371156] ; Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China[2022M723362] ; Scientific Foundation of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences[E2CX6625CX]
WOS研究方向Science & Technology - Other Topics
语种英语
WOS记录号WOS:001260129500001
出版者WILEY
资助机构National Natural Science Foundation of China ; Postdoctoral Research Foundation of China ; Scientific Foundation of Institute of Psychology, Chinese Academy of Sciences
源URL[http://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48414]  
专题心理研究所_中国科学院行为科学重点实验室
通讯作者Li, Xingshan
作者单位1.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China
2.Macquarie Univ, Sch Psychol Sci, Sydney, Australia
3.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China
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GB/T 7714		 Huang, Linjieqiong,Reichle, Erik D.,Li, Xingshan. Comparative analyses of the information content of letters, characters, and inter-word spaces across writing systems[J]. ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,2024:11.
APA Huang, Linjieqiong,Reichle, Erik D.,&Li, Xingshan.(2024).Comparative analyses of the information content of letters, characters, and inter-word spaces across writing systems.ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES,11.
MLA Huang, Linjieqiong,et al."Comparative analyses of the information content of letters, characters, and inter-word spaces across writing systems".ANNALS OF THE NEW YORK ACADEMY OF SCIENCES (2024):11.

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