Data analysis of Chinese characters in primary school corpora of Hong Kong and mainland China: Preliminary theoretical interpretations

Clinical Linguistics and Phonetics

Volumn 22, Issue 4-5, 2008, Pages 379-389

  Chung, Flora Hoi Ki ^a   Leung, Man Tak ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Chinese, school age; Corpora analysis; Metalinguistic awareness; Reading development

Indexed keywords

CHINA; CHINESE; CONFERENCE PAPER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CURRICULUM; DATA ANALYSIS; FREQUENCY ANALYSIS; HANDWRITING; HONG KONG; PHONETICS; PRIMARY SCHOOL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; READING; SEMANTICS; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AWARENESS; CHINA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DISCRIMINATION LEARNING; HONG KONG; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PHONETICS; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; READING; SEMANTICS; VERBAL LEARNING; WRITING;

EID: 42149171778     PISSN: 02699206     EISSN: 14645076     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02699200701776757     Document Type: Conference Paper

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