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Cognitive Mechanism of Writing to Dictation of Logographic Characters
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Han, Zaizhu; Song, Luping; Bi, Yanchao – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2012
The cognitive mechanisms for writing to dictation of Chinese syllables by healthy adults were investigated using large-sample multiple regression analyses. In the experiment, subjects wrote down a corresponding character upon hearing a syllable. We mainly examined the effects of three types of attributes (i.e., lexical, semantic, and phonology to…
Descriptors: Verbal Communication, Phonology, Semantics, Probability
Integrated Knowledge of Agreement in Early and Late English-Spanish Bilinguals
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Foote, Rebecca – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
Research suggests that late bilinguals may have persistent difficulties with the automatic access and use of some second language structures because of a lack of underlying integrated knowledge of those structures. In contrast, early bilinguals show advantages in aspects of language use that require this type of automatic knowledge. This study…
Descriptors: Form Classes (Languages), Grammar, Spanish, Bilingualism
Effects of Age of Acquisition and Semantic Transparency on Reading Characters in Chinese Dyslexia
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Law, Sam-Po; Yeung, Olivia – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2010
This study examined the effects of the age of acquisition (AOA) and semantic transparency on the reading aloud ability of a Chinese dyslexic individual, TWT, who relied on the semantic pathway to name characters. Both AOA and semantic transparency significantly predicted naming accuracy and distinguished the occurrence of correct responses and…
Descriptors: Reading Aloud to Others, Semantics, Age, Dyslexia
Quantifying Phonological Representation Abilities in Spanish-Speaking Preschool Children
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Anthony, Jason L.; Aghara, Rachel G.; Solari, Emily J.; Dunkelberger, Martha J.; Williams, Jeffrey M.; Liang, Lan – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2011
Individual differences in abilities to form, access, and hone phonological representations of words are implicated in the development of oral and written language. This study addressed three important gaps in the literature concerning measurement of individual differences in phonological representation. First, we empirically examined the…
Descriptors: Speech, Phonology, Written Language, Preschool Children
Effects of Adding Interword Spacing on Chinese Reading: A Comparison of Chinese Native Readers and English Readers of Chinese as a Second Language
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Bassetti, Benedetta – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
English is written with interword spacing, and eliminating it negatively affects English readers. Chinese is written without interword spacing, and adding it does not facilitate Chinese readers. "Pinyin" (romanized Chinese) is written with interword spacing. This study investigated whether adding interword spacing facilitates reading in Chinese…
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Sentences, Written Language, Second Language Learning
Talking about Writing: What We Can Learn from Conversations between Parents and Their Young Children
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Robins, Sarah; Treiman, Rebecca – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2009
In six analyses using the Child Language Data Exchange System known as CHILDES, we explored whether and how parents and their 1.5- to 5-year-old children talk about writing. Parent speech might include information about the similarity between print and speech and about the difference between writing and drawing. Parents could convey similarity…
Descriptors: Semantics, Written Language, Freehand Drawing, Linguistic Input