The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics - Chinese |
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| Editor:
| Li, Ping
Tan, Li Hai
Bates, Elizabeth
Tzeng, Ovid J. L. |
| Series title: | The Handbook of East Asian Psycholinguistics 3 Volume Paperback Set Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-1-107-40581-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jul 2012 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $82.95 |
Book Description:
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A large body of knowledge has accumulated in recent years on the cognitive processes and mechanisms underlying language. Much of this knowledge has come from studies of Indo-European languages, particularly English. This handbook, the first in a three-volume set on East Asian psycholinguistics, presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the psycholinguistic study of Chinese. Spoken by one-fifth of the world's population, Chinese differs significantly from Indo-European languages in its...
More DescriptionA large body of knowledge has accumulated in recent years on the cognitive processes and mechanisms underlying language. Much of this knowledge has come from studies of Indo-European languages, particularly English. This handbook, the first in a three-volume set on East Asian psycholinguistics, presents a state-of-the-art discussion of the psycholinguistic study of Chinese. Spoken by one-fifth of the world's population, Chinese differs significantly from Indo-European languages in its grammar, its lexicon, and its written and spoken forms--features which have profound implications for the learning, representation and processing of language.