How do I learn Mandarin Chinese, at this age? Chinese character acquisition in Singaporean adults

• Main Author: Cheng, Jasmine
• Other Authors: Randy John LaPolla
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2020
• Subjects: Humanities::Linguistics
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/138324
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This paper reports two experiments on the effects of visual complexity and radical presence in Chinese characters, as well as the relationship between radical awareness i.e. positional regularity of radicals and character acquisition. The participants in this study included undergraduates of Nanyang...