Replies to request for information on Chinese Characters.

[sdevitt at tcd.ie]

Dear Colleagues,
Some time ago I sent out a request for information on the learning of
Chinese characters for a student of mine. Below is the result of my
request. There is not a lot, but it is useful, nonetheless.
Many thanks to those who responded.

References to learning of Chinese characters

Reading and Writing (Special issue) (1998, Vol. 10, No.3-5) devoted to
"Cognitive processing of Chinese characters, words, sentences and Japanese
kanji and kana".
Chen, Y.P. Allport, D.A. & Marshall, J.C. (1996). What are the fundamental
orthographic units in Chinese word recognition: stroke or stroke pattern?
Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology: Human Experimental
Psychology, 49, 1024-1043.
Wang, Jian, Inhoff, Albrecht, & Hsuan-Chih Chen (Eds.), (1999). Reading
Chinese Script : A Cognitive Analysis.  Lawrence Erlbaum Assoc; ISBN:
0805824782
Unknown (to appear?). "Japanese text comprehension by Chinese and
non-Chinese background learners." May appear in System in the near future.

Dr. Sean Devitt
Senior Lecturer in Education
School of Education
University of Dublin
Trinity College
Dublin 2
Ireland
Phone:  608 1293 (direct)
Fax:    677 7238 (department office)
email: sdevitt at tcd.ie