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<p>Prior research in Chinese, a logographic unspaced writing system, has shown that visual cues to mark word boundaries (e.g., inserting interword spaces and coloring alternate words) can facilitate reading, particularly for developing readers. The present series of experiments examines the effectiveness of these two visual cues for word boundaries (spaces, colors) when reading aloud in Javanese script, an alpha-syllabic unspaced writing system used in some regions of Indonesia. In Experiments 1 and 2, developing and adult readers read aloud texts in standard unspaced format or with interword spaces. In Experiments 3 and 4, developing and adult readers read aloud unspaced alternating-color and mono-color texts. Finally, Experiment 5 directly compared the effectiveness of the word segmentation cues (interword spaces, colors) on adult skilled readers within the same experiment. Results showed that developing readers benefited from both types of word segmentation cues. For adult readers, only the insertion of interword spaces facilitated reading aloud. Thus, inserting interword spaces in Javanese script is generally a more effective word segmentation cue than coloring alternate colors.</p>

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Spaces or colors? The role of marking word boundaries on reading aloud in Javanese script

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    2025年1月29日

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  • Xiaoyun Wang,
  • Hermiyanti Tri Halisiana,
  • Manuel Perea

摘要

Prior research in Chinese, a logographic unspaced writing system, has shown that visual cues to mark word boundaries (e.g., inserting interword spaces and coloring alternate words) can facilitate reading, particularly for developing readers. The present series of experiments examines the effectiveness of these two visual cues for word boundaries (spaces, colors) when reading aloud in Javanese script, an alpha-syllabic unspaced writing system used in some regions of Indonesia. In Experiments 1 and 2, developing and adult readers read aloud texts in standard unspaced format or with interword spaces. In Experiments 3 and 4, developing and adult readers read aloud unspaced alternating-color and mono-color texts. Finally, Experiment 5 directly compared the effectiveness of the word segmentation cues (interword spaces, colors) on adult skilled readers within the same experiment. Results showed that developing readers benefited from both types of word segmentation cues. For adult readers, only the insertion of interword spaces facilitated reading aloud. Thus, inserting interword spaces in Javanese script is generally a more effective word segmentation cue than coloring alternate colors.