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Publication Date: 1980
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Words Written in Kana Are Named Faster than the Same Words Written in Kanji.
Feldman, Laurie B.; Turvey, M. T.
Language and Speech, v23 n2 p141-47 Apr-Jun 1980
When two Japanese adults named colors written in Kanji, a logographic orthography, and in Kana, a syllabary, the latency to vocalization was consistently less for Kana. This superiority of Kana is attributed to the closer relation of Kana to phonology and, therefore, to speech. (Author/RL)
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