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Peer reviewedJacobsen, Morris; Imhoof, Maurice – Modern Language Journal, 1974
In this study of ability to learn Japanese, six extra-linguistic factors were investigated: multi-linguality, semantic space sensitivity, formal education, Japanophilia, musical training and the introduction of Kanji (ideographs used in Japanese writing). (CK)
Descriptors: Education, Ideography, Japanese, Language Proficiency
Peer reviewedKe, Chunaren – Modern Language Journal, 1996
Investigated the relationship between Chinese character recognition and production by second-language learners. Subjects were 47 first-year Chinese language students in the United States. (15 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: Chinese, College Students, Data Collection, Ideography
Peer reviewedHayes, Edmund B. – Modern Language Journal, 1988
Compares the reading processing strategies of native and proficient nonnative speakers of Chinese. At the word level natives show a phonological strategy, while nonnatives mix phonological and visual processing. At the sentence level natives mix visual and semantic strategies, and nonnatives prefer visual processing. (LMO)
Descriptors: Encoding (Psychology), Ideography, Mandarin Chinese, Native Speakers
