Abstract
Hanzi is different from alphabetical languages in both structure and the form-pronunciation relationship. Alphabetical scripts are processed in the dominant hemisphere, whereas Chinese script involve bilateral hemisphere resources. Reading Hanzi works through the ventral lexical access stream whereas transparent alphabetical languages preferentially use the dorsal stream. This difference is likely to be due to the opacity of Chinese language for sound, whilst being more transparent for form-meaning relationship, as well as less explicit instructions in using the phonological clue in reading Hanzi. Anteriorly, the premotor area is involved in reading Chinese corresponding to the importance of handwriting in learning and recognizing Chinese, in the presence of the relative opacity of form-pronunciation. Suggestion is made for the linear deconstruction of Hanzi for learning purpose, the use of pronunciation of its structural architecture and the use of chunking. At the same time, the usefulness of Hanzi graphabets for chunking and as well as resolving the conflict between computer input and learning of Hanzi is emphasized.
| Translated title of the contribution | Conceptions of an On-line Chinese Character Knowledge Base |
|---|---|
| Original language | Chinese (Traditional) |
| Pages (from-to) | 25-45 |
| Journal | 漢字漢文教育 |
| Volume | 33 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Jan 2014 |
Research Keywords
- 網上字詞表
- 多媒體網站技術
- 計算機辭典編纂學
- 語料語言學
- 網上漢字知識庫
- On-line Chinese character learning resources
- multi-media internet technology
- computational lexicography
- corpus linguistics
- Chinese character knowledge base