Reading Chinese Script: A Cognitive Analysis

by Jian Wang (Editor), Albrecht W Inhoff (Editor), Hsuan-Chih Chen (Editor)

This volume, which includes both Chinese and leading Western researchers, will be of interest to all those studying reading and visual symbol processing. For cognitive psychologists and cognitive scientists as well as reading researchers.

321 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 1999

Reviews

[Karen Chung · Rating 4 out of 5]

I have long noticed, and puzzled over, how quickly Chinese (and Japanese) seem to read their native languages, compared to Westerners reading their native languages, so this led me to want to look into the peculiarities of reading Chinese. While not answering all my questions, this book provided many approaches to and insight into what is special about reading Chinese. Some of the academic papers that make up this volume went down more easily than others. A worthwhile investment of my reading time, in any case.