On the basis of an analysis of how graphemic symbols are mapped onto spoken languages,
3 writing systems with 3 relations between script and speech are identified: logography …

This updated and revised edition of Hamers and Blanc's successful textbook presents state-
of-the-art knowledge about languages in contact from individual bilingualism (or bilinguality) …

Written Chinese as logographic script differs notably from alphabets such as English in
visual form, orthography, phonology, and semantics. Thus, research on the Chinese …

Rather than offering variations in" world view" as evidence for linguistic relativity, this book
views language related differences in terms of the facility with which information is …

The traditional verbal/nonverbal dichotomy is inadequate for completely describing cerebral
lateralization. Musical functions are not necessarily mediated by the right hemisphere; …

Functional magnetic resonance imaging was used to identify the neural correlates of
Chinese character and word reading. The Chinese stimuli were presented visually, one at a …

Abstract Languages of the Asia-Pacific region, such as Chinese, are based on ideographic
writing systems which are radically different from the alphabetic systems used in Western …

Content preparation is an important stage in e-commerce website development. It is critical
to present appropriate information content to facilitate consumers' decision-making. In the …

With the advent of computers and the rise of East Asian economies, the complicated
character-based writing systems of East Asia have reached a stage of crisis that may be …

This essay examines Chinese and Japanese attitudes towards speech communication,
particularly in public settings. Social, linguistic, and philosophical perspectives are used to …