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Tu, Liu; Niu, Meiqi; Pan, Ximin; Hanakawa, Takashi; Liu, Xiaojin; Lu, Zhi; Gao, Wei; Ouyang, Dan; Zhang, Meng; Li, Shiya; Wang, Junjing; Jiang, Bo; Huang, Ruiwang – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2021
Previous studies showed that the onset age of second language acquisition (AoA-L2) can modulate brain structure of bilinguals. However, the underlying mechanism of anatomical plasticity induced by AoA-L2 is still a question in debate. In order to explore the issue, we recruited two groups of native Cantonese-Mandarin speakers, the early group…
Descriptors: Sino Tibetan Languages, Mandarin Chinese, Bilingualism, Second Language Learning
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Abu Rabia, Salim; Hijjazi, Ekhlas – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2020
The present study explored the influence of short vowelization in Arabic orthography on reading comprehension of different texts, different genres and on different levels, among students of different ages. It explored the influence of short vowelization in Arabic orthography on reading comprehension of texts from the Koran, informative texts,…
Descriptors: Vowels, Reading Comprehension, Arabs, Semitic Languages
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Li, Tong; Wang, Ying; Tong, Xiuhong; McBride, Catherine – Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 2017
To investigate the relationship between Chinese children's character and word reading, 62 third and 50 fifth grade children in Hong Kong were asked to read single characters and words that were comprised of these characters. Results showed that words helped children to recognize characters for both grades of children. Compared to older children,…
Descriptors: Chinese, Reading Processes, Written Language, Orthographic Symbols