15.3053, Qs: Afrikaans Negation; Reading R-to-L vs. L-to-R

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Subject: 15.3053, Qs: Afrikaans Negation; Reading R-to-L vs. L-to-R

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1)
Date: 27-Oct-2004
From: jenny eagleson < jeagleson2003 at yahoo.co.uk >
Subject: Afrikaans Negation

2)
Date: 27-Oct-2004
From: Adrienne Rau < ar2197 at barnard.edu >
Subject: Reading right-to-left vs. left-to-right


	
-------------------------Message 1 ----------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:10:59
From: jenny eagleson < jeagleson2003 at yahoo.co.uk >
Subject: Afrikaans Negation



Dear all,

My name is Jenny Eagleson and I am a final year student at the University
of Ulster in Northern Ireland. I am trying to write my dissertation on
Afrikaans neagtion and for this I need to find native Afrikaans speakers
who are willing to fill out a 10 minute questionnaire for me. If you are
interested in helping me please let me know at jeagleson2003 at yahoo.co.uk

Baie dankie almal

Linguistic Field(s): Morphology


	
-------------------------Message 2 ----------------------------------
Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 18:11:15
From: Adrienne Rau < ar2197 at barnard.edu >
Subject: Reading right-to-left vs. left-to-right

	

I am an undergrad currently designing an experiment for a project for my
Psychology of Learning class.  I am interested in studying whether people
who know a language that reads right-to-left can read mirror-image text in
English ''better'' (using speed and accuracy as measures) than people who
only read left-to-right languages.

I have found research about reading mirror-image text and how it relates to
aphasias and neurological disorders, but I haven't been able to find any
research that's been done on right-to-left vs. left-to-right reading.

Is anyone aware of any research in this area, or where I should look to
find research?

Thank you!!!

Linguistic Field(s): Neurolinguistics; Writing Systems



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