Comparative analyses of the information content of letters, characters, and inter‐word spaces across writing systems
Linjieqiong Huang,
Erik D. Reichle,
Xingshan Li
Abstract: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 … Show more
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