The influence of the Pinyin and Zhuyin writing systems on the acquisition of Mandarin word forms by native English speakers

The role of written input in second language (L2) phonological and lexical acquisition has received increased attention in recent years. Here we investigated the influence of two factors that may moderate the influence of orthography on L2 word form learning: (i) whether the writing system is shared...

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Main Authors: Rachel eHayes-Harb, Hui-wen eCheng
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2016-06-01
Series:Frontiers in Psychology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00785/full