title: The case of the neglected alphasyllabary: orthographic processing in Devanagari.
abstract: We applaud Ram Frost for highlighting the need for multicultural perspectives while developing universal models of visual word recognition. We second Frost's proposal that factors like lexical morphology should be incorporated besides purely orthographic features in modeling word recognition. In support, we provide fresh evidence from Hindi (written in Devanagari), an example of hitherto under-represented alphasyllabic orthographies, in which flexible encoding of aksara (character) position is constrained by the morphological structure of words.
authors.affiliation: National Brain Research Centre, NH-8, Nainwal Mode, Manesar 122050, India. chaitlee@gmail.com
authors.forename: Chaitra
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Rao
authors.forename: Shweta
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Soni
authors.forename: Nandini
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chatterjee Singh
mesh_terms: D001921:Brain / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008959:Models, Neurological; D011932:Reading; D021641:Recognition, Psychology / Q000502:physiology*; D012660:Semantics