ConSOLE 32 2024 • Queen Mary University of London

Redefining basic orthographic syllable structures (BOSS) in an akshara-based orthography - Evidence from two experiments in Bangla

Khairul Mondal, Moumita Mukherjee

The English and Foreign Languages University, Hyderabad

myself.khairul@gmail.com
Orthographic syllabificationBangla akshara systemBasic Orthographic Syllable Structures (BOSS)

Abstract

Are literate speakers of a language with a non-linear writing system affected by orthographic syllabification in the same way as those of a language with a linear alphabet? This paper presents observations from two separate studies in Bangla – (1) a visual lexical decision task (LDT) and (2) an auditory syllabification task – and attempts to redefine the Basic Orthographic Syllable Structures (BOSS) of a word proposed by Taft (1979). While in exp. 1 participants were shown to favour phonological division over BOSS division, in exp. 2 their syllabification patterns were influenced by akshara blocks.

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Khairul Mondal, Moumita Mukherjee (2024). redefining basic orthographic syllable structures (boss) in an akshara-based orthography - evidence from two experiments in bangla. In Proceedings of ConSOLE 32, edited by Federica Longo, Leonardo Russo Cardona, Tommaso Sgrizzi, Atefeh Shahbazi, Hadis Tamleh, (pp. 273-286).

BibTeX

@inproceedings{mondalmukherjee-syllablestructures-2024, title={Redefining basic orthographic syllable structures (BOSS) in an akshara-based orthography - Evidence from two experiments in Bangla}, author={Khairul Mondal and Moumita Mukherjee}, booktitle={Proceedings of ConSOLE 32}, year={2024}, pages={273-286}, editor={Federica Longo and Leonardo Russo Cardona and Tommaso Sgrizzi and Atefeh Shahbazi and Hadis Tamleh} }

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