Foreword

Chapters in this book

1. Prelim pages i
2. Table of contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Chapter 1. Written languages, East-Asian scripts, and cross-linguistic influences 1
5. Part 1. Chinese
6. Chapter 2. Introduction to script processing in Chinese and cognitive consequences for bilingual reading 25
7. Chapter 3. Visual factors in writing system variation 49
8. Chapter 4. How do phonological awareness, morphological awareness, and vocabulary knowledge relate to word reading within and between English and Chinese? 73
9. Chapter 5. The complexities of written Chinese and the cognitive-linguistic precursors to reading, with consequent implications for reading interventions 99
10. Chapter 6. Semantic processing and development in Chinese as a second language 121
11. Chapter 7. Brain mechanisms of Chinese word reading 137
12. Chapter 8. Semantic and lexical processing of words across two languages in Chinese-English bilinguals 163
13. Part 2. Japanese
14. Chapter 9. Introduction to the multi-script Japanese writing system and word processing 179
15. Chapter 10. L1-referenced phonological processing in Japanese-English bilinguals 201
16. Chapter 11. Constituent-priming investigations of the morphological activation of Japanese compound words 221
17. Chapter 12. The intertwining effects of first language and learning context on the bilingual mental lexicon 245
18. Chapter 13. Orthographic and phonological processing in L2-English word recognition 267
19. Chapter 14. Cross-linguistic interactions in L2 word meaning inference in English as a foreign language 293
20. Chapter 15. Sociocultural implications of the Japanese multi-scripts 313
21. Part 3. Korean
22. Chapter 16. The Korean writing system, Hangul , and word processing 335
23. Chapter 17. Crosslinguistic influences of script format 353
24. Chapter 18. Subunit priming effects on lexical decision in Korean 373
25. Chapter 19. Cognitive-linguistic skills and reading and writing in Korean Hangul , Chinese Hanja , and English among Korean children 391
26. Chapter 20. Neural mechanisms of reading in Korean L1 and related L2 reading 411
27. Chapter 21. Constituent processing or gestalt processing? 427
28. Chapter 22. Looking ahead 447
29. Index 459