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dc.contributor.authorLand, Sandraen_US
dc.date.accessioned2017-03-10T07:04:54Z-
dc.date.available2017-03-10T07:04:54Z-
dc.date.issued2015-
dc.identifier.citationLand, S. 2015. Reading and the orthography of isiZulu. South African Journal of African Languages. 35(2): 163-175. DOI: 10.1080/02572117.2015.1113000en_US
dc.identifier.issn0257-2117-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10321/2360-
dc.description.abstractThis exploratory study aims to extend our understanding of reading in isiZulu, the most widely spoken indigenous language in Southern Africa, by exploring measurable aspects of eye movement patterns of a group of competent adult readers of isiZulu. In doing so, the study offers an exploration of the particular demands that Zulu orthography makes on readers, and offers a tentative profile of the reading processes currently exhibited by proficient adult readers of isiZulu. The study indicates that with an average reading speed of 815 lines per minute (lpm), isiZulu text takes more time to read than text in other alphabetic languages for which data is available. Relative to other languages, readers showed short saccades (4.05 letters) long durations of fixation (0.3 seconds) and more frequent regressions over spans of text (an average of 1 regression every 24 letters).en_US
dc.format.extent14 pen_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherTaylor and Francisen_US
dc.relation.ispartofSouth African journal of african languages-
dc.titleReading and the orthography of isiZuluen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.publisher.urihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2015.1113000en_US
dc.dut-rims.pubnumDUT-005157en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1080/02572117.2015.1113000-
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