Processing the Chinese Language
A Special Issue of Language and Cognitive Processes
1st Edition
Published on 21. September 2009
Book
Paperback/Softback
384 pages
978-1-84872-722-9 (ISBN)
Description
The past decade witnesses not only dramatic economic changes but also exponential developments in science in China. Given its unique structural properties, the Chinese language provides challenging opportunities to explore both the language-specific neuro-cognitive processes during communication and the universality of theories developed on the basis of Indo-European languages. This special issue reports recent studies on cognitive/neural processes of the Chinese language, using either the behavioural and/or neuroscientific methods. Topics investigated range from lexical processing of Chinese characters and compound words, to the processing of syntactic structures, and to the perception of consonants and the production of spoken words.
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Series
Language
English
Place of publication
Hove
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
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Paperback (UK-B)
Weight
680 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84872-722-9 (9781848727229)
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Content
X. Zhou, Z. Ye, H. Cheung, H. Chen, Processing the Chinese Language: An Introduction. Y. Tsang, H. Chen, Do Position-general Radicals have a Role to Play in Processing Chinese Characters? H. Chen, Y. Vaid, J. Wu, Homophone Density and Phonological Frequency Effects in Chinese Visual Word Recognition. S. Law, B. Weekes, W. Wong, Reading Aloud of Characters and Pseudo-characters: Evidence for Lexically-mediated Processes in Reading Chinese. X. Zhou, W. Marslen-Wilson, Pseudohomophone Effects in Processing Chinese Compound Words. L. Mok, Word-superiority Effect as a Function of Semantic Transparency of Chinese Bimorphemic Compound Words. Q. Zhang, B. Weekes, Orthographic Facilitation Effects on Spoken Word Production: Evidence from Chinese. C. Wang, O. Tzeng, A. Inhoff, J. Tsai, Acquisition of Linguistic Information to the Left of Fixation during the Reading of Chinese. M. Gao, B. Malt, Mental Representation and Cognitive Consequences of Chinese Individual Classifiers. L. Wang, M. Schlesewsky, B. Bickel, I. Bornkessel-Schlesewsky, Exploring the Nature of the Subject-preference: Evidence from the Online Comprehension of Simple Sentences in Mandarin Chinese. Y. Hsieh, J. Boland, Y. Zhang, M. Yan, Limited Syntactic Parallelism in Chinese Ambiguity Resolution. Y. Lai, Asymmetry in Mandarin Affricate Perception by Learners of Mandarin Chinese. D. Lin, C. McBride-Chang, D. Aram, I. Levin, R. Cheung, Y. Chow, L. Tolchinsky, Maternal Mediation of Writing in Chinese Children.