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ˌsubvocaliˈzation [sub- 23; cf. subvocal s.v. sub- 19.] The act or process of articulation with the lips or other speech organs silently or with barely audible sound, esp. while reading.
1947G. T. Buswell in Scientific Monthly June 542/2 Completely silent reading, or ‘nonoral’ reading..is carried on without subvocalization. 1960A. W. Edfeld Silent Speech ii. vi. 88 The quotient between the rate of oral reading and the rate of silent reading was used as the measure of subvocalization. 1966New Scientist 29 Dec. 738/1 ‘Subvocalization’ in its most familiar form..consists of audible whispering while reading to oneself. 1974Nature 8 Nov. 121/1 They were instructed to hold their tongues firmly between their teeth and lips while listening and were told to minimise subvocalisation. Hence [as a back-formation] subˈvocalize v. trans. and intr., to utter or form (words) by subvocalization; subˈvocalizer; subˈvocalizing ppl. a.
1947G. T. Buswell in Scientific Monthly June 542/2 Few persons listening to a lecture follow the speaker by subvocalizing after him the words he speaks. 1947― in Elem. School Jrnl. Dec. 193/2 Persons who subvocalize in silent reading have a much slower rate than those who suppress all tendencies to deal with words separately. Ibid. 194/2 They were subvocalizers, the victims of a method of teaching reading that fixed oral-reading habits first. 1964Jrnl. Educ. Psychol. LV. 339 Subvocalizers exhibited a higher mean lip movement and a slower mean breathing rate than did nonsubvocalizers. 1966Science 16 Dec. 1467/2 An individual who subvocalizes to any great extent is limited to a top reading speed of approximately 150 words per minute—a maximum attainable while reading aloud. 1966New Scientist 29 Dec. 738/3 Of 17 subvocalizing college students out of 50..nearly all managed to reduce their involuntary vocal activity to nil within five minutes. 1978K. Amis Jake's Thing xv. 153 Jake had subvocalized an oath. |