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Tsang, Cara; Chambers, Craig G. – Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning, Memory, and Cognition, 2011
Cantonese shape classifiers encode perceptual information that is characteristic of their associated nouns, although certain nouns are exceptional. For example, the classifier "tiu" occurs primarily with nouns for long-narrow-flexible objects (e.g., scarves, snakes, and ropes) and also occurs with the noun for a (short, rigid) key. In 3…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Comprehension, Semantics, Nouns
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Everson, Michael E. – Journal of the Chinese Language Teachers Association, 1988
First-year students of Chinese at the United States Air Force Academy (n=60) were tested for reading speed and comprehension of Chinese passages presented either in characters or romanization. Students read faster and understood more in romanization than in characters. (LMO)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Higher Education, Ideography