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The Role of Phonetic Radicals in Learning Chinese Characters by Korean-Chinese and Native Chinese Children

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
2015, v.27 no.2, pp.169-182
https://doi.org/10.22172/cogbio.2015.27.2.005



Abstract

The present study investigated the role of phonological relations between a character and its phonetic radical in learning novel Chinese characters, using Korean-Chinese and native Chinese children as participants. We found some commonalities and differences between the two groups. In both groups, regular characters were learned faster, and irregular characters were harder to learn than control characters. When the phonetic radical provided the correct tone, onset, or rime of a character, learning was facilitated. However, learning was impaired with the conflicting information from the radical. The rime apparently exerted more powerful influences than the tone and onset. However, Korean-Chinese participants appeared to be less skillful in manipulating the rime, especially in younger pupils. Based on the results, we discussed the role of phonological processing and native language in the learning of novel Chinese characters.

keywords
Chinese characters, reading, learning to read, phonetic radical, phonological information, 한자, 읽기, 읽기학습, 성부, 음운정보

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