verb
- to articulate speech sounds silently or with barely audible voice, especially while reading or thinking
Usage: psychology; reading instruction
Examples
- Many people subvocalize when they read, moving their lips slightly.
- Speed reading courses teach students to avoid subvocalizing to increase reading rate.
- She caught herself subvocalizing the words as she worked through the math problem.
- The researcher measured brain activity when participants subvocalized different sounds.
- Children often subvocalize when learning to read silently.
- He tends to subvocalize when concentrating on difficult text.