LINGUIST List 18.146
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Tue Jan 16 2007
Diss: Applied Ling/Psycholing/Writing Systems: Lupu: '透视汉字阅读的过程'
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1. Roxana
Lupu,
透视汉字阅读的过程
Message 1: 透视汉字阅读的过程
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Date: 13-Jan-2007
From: Roxana Lupu <roxana_ioana yahoo.com>
Subject: 透视汉字阅读的过程
Institution: Nanjing University
Program: Chinese Language and Literature
Dissertation Status: Completed
Degree Date: 2006
Author: Roxana Lupu
Dissertation Title: 透视汉字阅读的过程
Linguistic Field(s):
Applied Linguistics
Psycholinguistics
Writing Systems
Subject Language(s): Chinese, Mandarin (cmn)
Dissertation Director:
Kai Li
Dissertation Abstract:
Researchers have been attracted to the study of character recognition. They attempted to reveal how various types of information represented in characters are accessed and utilized in reading. Most Chinese characters are composed of sub-character constituents. Therefore, knowledge of character reading can also come from studies on the role of sub-character components in character level processing. In the this thesis we reviewed the research findings that illustrate the existence and influence of sub-character processing in character reading, and we conducted ourselves three experiments which added more evidence concerning the processing of the phonetic and semantic radicals. Finally, we proposed a method for teaching characters to foreign learners of Chinese, based on these findings. According to this proposal, character components are considered the basic building blocks of the teaching/learning process. Since this strategy of processing (taking radicals as basic units of visual processing) proved to be the most efficient in the case of native Chinese readers, we have reasons to believe that this strategy can be used in the process of teaching foreigners character recognition. Phonetic radicals are taught as separate entities in the case of regular and semi-regular characters, and all radicals with meaning are explained, no matter the type of the character. Moreover, the Character Decomposition Method supports to a large extent associative procedures of connecting new information with learners' past experiences and existing knowledge by reinforcement. Learners acquire new characters through using the radicals and characters that they previously learned. This way, the Character Decomposition Method strongly encourages learners to utilize fully their creative and imaginative minds with their cognitive thinking skills developed in their first language. Keywords: Mandarin Chinese, Character processing, Reading, Chinese Second Language Acquisition
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