<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>Phonological and orthographic processing are important cognitive skills required in reading. The present study attempts to investigate the role of phonological processing and orthographic knowledge, in reading alphasyllabic Hindi orthography. The sample constituted 65 children from Grade 4. The result of hierarchical multiple regression indicated that the variance in reading fluency was significantly explained by phonological processing and orthographic knowledge measured through the tasks of rapid automatized naming, syllable deletion and dictation. The variance in reading accuracy was significantly explained only by orthographic knowledge measured through a dictation task. Phonological short-term memory showed significant correlations with all the reading measures but was non-significant in explaining the unique variance in reading. The limitation of the study and suggestions for future research is discussed.</p></abstract>

Phonological and orthographic processing are important cognitive skills required in reading. The present study attempts to investigate the role of phonological processing and orthographic knowledge, in reading alphasyllabic Hindi orthography. The sample constituted 65 children from Grade 4. The result of hierarchical multiple regression indicated that the variance in reading fluency was significantly explained by phonological processing and orthographic knowledge measured through the tasks of rapid automatized naming, syllable deletion and dictation. The variance in reading accuracy was significantly explained only by orthographic knowledge measured through a dictation task. Phonological short-term memory showed significant correlations with all the reading measures but was non-significant in explaining the unique variance in reading. The limitation of the study and suggestions for future research is discussed.

Reading alphasyllabic hindi: contributions from phonological and orthographic domains

Psychology of Language and Communication

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Phonological and orthographic processing are important cognitive skills required in reading. The present study attempts to investigate the role of phonological...

Reading alphasyllabic hindi: contributions from phonological and orthographic domains

Published Online: Nov 08, 2018

Page range: 492 - 515

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0022

Keywords
semantic Alphasyllabic, Phonological awareness, Rapid automatized naming, Spoonerism

© 2018 Azizuddin Khan, Purnima Bajre, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Reading alphasyllabic hindi: contributions from phonological and orthographic domains

Published Online: Nov 08, 2018

Page range: 492 - 515

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/plc-2018-0022

Keywordssemantic Alphasyllabic, Phonological awareness, Rapid automatized naming, Spoonerism

© 2018 Azizuddin Khan, Purnima Bajre, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.

Keywords
semantic Alphasyllabic, Phonological awareness, Rapid automatized naming, Spoonerism