Format:
1 Online-Ressource (480 Seiten).
ISBN:
978-90-272-6405-3
Series Statement:
Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 7
Content:
Intro -- Writing Systems, Reading Processes, and Cross-Linguistic Influences -- Editorial page -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- References -- Chapter 1. Written languages, East-Asian scripts, and cross-linguistic influences: An introduction -- Writing systems, scripts, and orthographies -- How Chinese, Japanese, and Korean scripts stand out among written languages -- Common threads and idiosyncrasies in word recognition in Chinese, Japanese, and Korean -- Cross-linguistic influences or cross-language transfer in word reading -- About this book -- Objective of the book -- Intended audiences -- Scope of the book -- Organization of the book -- Acknowledgement -- References -- Part 1. Chinese -- Chapter 2. Introduction to script processing in Chinese and cognitive consequences for bilingual reading -- Characteristics of the writing system -- Strokes -- Characters -- Components -- Characteristics of the spoken language -- Phonological processing in reading Chinese -- Segmental vs. tonal information -- Morphological processing in reading Chinese -- Orthographical processing in reading Chinese -- Contributions of phonology, morphology and orthography in learning to read Chinese -- Cross-language phonological and orthographic processing in bilingual reading -- Cross-language morphological processing in bilingual reading -- Contribution of phonology, morphology, and orthography in bilingual reading development -- Limitations and future directions -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3. Visual factors in writing system variation: Measurement and implications for reading -- Introduction -- Writing systems, orthographies, and scripts -- Writing systems variations -- Graph complexity variation across writing systems -- Background -- The graph complexity measure, GraphCom
Content:
Graph complexity for 131 orthographies across writing systems -- Reading traditional and simplified Chinese scripts -- Background -- A cross-script adult comparison -- Results -- General discussion: Measuring complexity and showing that it matters -- The mapping level of the writing system determines the number of graphs, which in turn determines the complexity of the graphs -- Visual perceptual effects of processing traditional and simplified Chinese scripts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4. How do phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and vocabulary knowledge relate to word reading within and between English and Chinese? -- Characteristics of the Chinese language and writing system -- Phonological awareness -- Development of phonological awareness in Chinese -- Phonological awareness in reading Chinese -- Phonological awareness in reading English in Chinese-English bilinguals -- Cross-language transfer of phonological awareness in Chinese-English bilinguals -- Morphological awareness -- Development of morphological awareness in Chinese -- Morphological awareness in reading Chinese -- Morphological awareness in reading English in Chinese-English bilinguals -- Cross-language transfer of morphological awareness in Chinese-English bilinguals -- Vocabulary -- Development of vocabulary knowledge -- Vocabulary knowledge in reading Chinese -- Vocabulary knowledge in reading English in Chinese-English bilinguals -- Cross-language transfer of vocabulary knowledge in Chinese-English bilinguals -- Conclusions and future directions -- References -- Chapter 5. The complexities of written Chinese and the cognitive-linguistic precursors to reading, with consequent implications for reading interventions -- Introduction -- Features of the Chinese orthography -- The Chinese script and literacy instruction -- Cognitive profiles of Chinese dyslexia
Content:
Orthographic awareness -- Rapid Automatic Naming (RAN) -- Morphological awareness -- Phonological awareness -- Visual skills -- Cognitive profiles of dyslexic readers among various Chinese societies -- Supporting children with reading difficulties -- Conclusion and future directions -- Acknowledgements -- References -- Chapter 6. Semantic processing and development in Chinese as a second language -- 1. Factors affecting successful semanticization -- 2. The acquisition of multiple meanings of polysemous words -- 3. Learning new meanings and new semantic distinctions -- 4. Conclusion -- References -- English references -- Chinese references -- Chapter 7. Brain mechanisms of Chinese word reading -- Introduction -- Cross-linguistic differences in the brain network engaged in reading -- The cross-linguistic difference in brain activation increases with development -- Reduced neural specialization in children with low reading proficiency -- Neural specialization during bilingual processing -- How native language influences second language learning -- How learning a second language affects L1 processing -- Appropriate learning methods facilitate neural specialization -- Phonological learning helps lexical learning only in alphabetic but not non-alphabetic language -- Orthographic learning is helpful in non-alphabetic lexical learning -- Orthographic learning is also helpful in alphabetic lexical learning -- The interaction between learning method and language -- Why does writing help reading? -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8. Semantic and lexical processing of words across two languages in Chinese-English bilinguals -- Introduction -- Method -- Participants -- Materials -- Procedure -- Image acquisition and analysis -- Results -- Behavioral results -- fMRI results -- Discussion -- Acknowledgments -- References -- Part 2. Japanese
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9789027200730
Additional Edition:
Print version Pae, Hye K.: Writing Systems, Reading Processes, and Cross-Linguistic Influences : Reflections from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean Languages Amsterdam/Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company,c2018 ISBN 9789027200730
Language:
English
Subjects:
Comparative Studies. Non-European Languages/Literatures
