Reading Speed in Slovenian

[George Kalbouss]

	I'm not an expert, but I think its a matter of how people scan.  My guess is
that when one reads, one doesn't read the whole word, but only to the point
where one would guess what the rest of the word would be,  then off
to the next.  I would suspect that if the word signals a cliche or an expected sequence of words, 
the reader would simply skip to the next phrase.  My question is: how much information
regarding what the word signals is packed into the ends of a word and, i.e. is there a
difference between Russian, Polish and Slovenian?  I'm actually even more curious if
the fact that English doesn't really have endings makes it a quicker read
than Russian...

George Kalbouss
The Ohio State University


On Mar 9, 2011, at 11:18 AM, Psy Ling wrote:

> I have received a question from a company that tested reading speed in Russian, 
> Polish, and Slovenian.
> They found that the reading speed in Slovenia (measured in syllables per minute) 
> is slower than in Polish and Russian.  I mean when they looked at all languages 
> in syllables per minute, Slovenian was the slowest spoken language. However, 
> when they assessed the reading speed in words per minute, Slovenian was in 
> middle range. 
> 
> They wonder: could it be that syllables are pronounced in a more 
> prolonged/stretched way in Slovenian? Or could it be that syllables are longer 
> (include more letters per syllable) compared to Russian and Polish?
> For ideas please back channel.
> Psy Ling
> 
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