Cognitive Neuroscience Studies of the Chinese Language

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Contents Preface List o f Contributor s 1. 'Cognitiv e Conjunction ' Analysi s o f Processin g Chines e 1 Che-Kan Leong Part 1 Neurocognitiv e Architectur e o f Languag e 3 3 2. Ho w th e Min d Ca n Mee t th e Brai n i n Reading: 3 5 A Comparative Writin g System s Approac h Charles A. Perfetti, Ying Liu and Li-Hai Tan 3. Functiona l Magneti c Resonanc e Imaging : A Promising 6 1 Tool fo r Definin g th e Organizatio n o f Chines e Languag e in the Brai n Paul M. Matthews, Shimin Fu, Yi-Ping Chen and Susan Iversen 4. Emergen t Semanti c Structur e an d Languag e Acquisition : 7 9 A Dynamic Perspectiv e Ping Li vi฀CONTENT S฀ Part 2 Interfacin g Orthographic , Phonologica l an d Semanti c 9 9 Processing 5. Picture-Wor d Interferenc e Effect s o n Namin g i n Chines e 10 1 Brendan Weekes, Robert Davies and May Jane Chen 6. Spee d o f Gettin g a t th e Phonolog y an d Meanin g o f 12 9 Chinese Word s Rumjahn Hoosain 7. Readin g Efficienc y an d Readin g Strategie s 14 3 Yi-Ping Chen 8. Earl y Phonologica l Activatio n i n Readin g Kanji : 15 7 An Eye-Trackin g Stud y Sachiko Matsunaga Part 3 Structura l Relationshi p o f Component s o f Chines e 17 3 Characters 9. Visual-Spatia l Propertie s an d Orthographi c Processin g 17 5 of Chines e Character s Xuefeng Chen and Henry S. R. Kao 10. Psycho-Geometri c Analysi s o f Commonl y Use d Chines e 19 5 Characters Ding-Guo Gao and Henry S. R. Kao 11. Frequenc y an d Positio n Effect s o f Componen t 20 7 Combination i n Chines e Characte r Recognitio n Buxin Han Part 4 Learnin g Chines e Character s an d Words 22 5 12. Segmenta l Analysi s an d Readin g i n Chines e 22 7 Che-Kan Leong CONTENTS฀vi i฀ 13. Biscripta l Readin g i n Chines e 24 7 Agnes S. L. Lam 14. Difference s i n Chines e Characte r Identificatio n 26 3 Between Skille d an d Les s Skilled Youn g Reader s Judy Huei-Yu Wang and JohnT. Guthrie 15. Th e Developin g Lexicon : The Cas e o f Hon g Kon g 28 5 Secondary Student s Benjamin K. Y T'sou, Anna S. F. Kwan and Godfrey K. F. Liu 16. Chines e Lexica l Knowledg e Development : Strategie s 30 7 for Decodin g Unfamilia r Word s Anna S. F. Kwan and Benjamin K. Y T'sou Index 327฀ ...