Department of Learning Disabilities and Edmond J Safra Brain Research Center for the Study of Learning Disabilities, Faculty of Education, University of Haifa, Mt. Carmel, Haifa 31905, Israel.
Behav Brain Sci. 2012 Oct;35(5):307-8. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12000271. Epub 2012 Aug 29.
I argue that the study of variability rather than invariance should head the reading research agenda, and that strong claims of orthographic "optimality" are unwarranted. I also expand briefly on Frost's assertion that an efficient orthography must represent sound and meaning, by considering writing systems as dual-purpose devices that must provide decipherability for novice readers and automatizability for the expert.
我认为，阅读研究的首要任务应该是研究变异性而非不变性，而且，对于正字法的“最优性”的强烈主张是没有根据的。我还简要扩展了弗罗斯特的观点，即高效的正字法必须表示声音和意义，认为书写系统是双重用途的设备，必须为新手读者提供可理解性，为专家提供可自动化性。
