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undergraduate thesis: Character encoding strategies by non-native Mandarin speakers
Title | Character encoding strategies by non-native Mandarin speakers |
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Issue Date | 2014 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Cheung, S. [張秀萍]. (2014). Character encoding strategies by non-native Mandarin speakers. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study examines the Chinese pseudo-character encoding process among two groups of Cantonese-speaking participants under a Mandarin context, attempting to find out their differences in sensitivity towards phonological and semantic information within a character. Twenty-four Cantonese-speaking adults and twenty Cantonese-speaking children participated in a picture – symbol mapping task under the no cue, semantic cue (description on the feature given) and phonetic cue (pronunciation given in Mandarin) condition. Results showed that both Cantonese groups achieved similar scores and used more phonetic than semantic strategy under no cue condition. The adults showed more phonetic strategy use under phonetic cue condition while the children used more semantic strategy under the semantic condition. The result supports that the development of semantic radical awareness precedes the development of phonetic radical awareness. While children as young as primary 3 already possess knowledge of phonetic radical, the use of such knowledge in guiding character encoding is still under development. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Second language acquisition |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238924 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5806455 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Cheung, Sau-ping | - |
dc.contributor.author | 張秀萍 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-23T23:30:41Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2017-02-23T23:30:41Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Cheung, S. [張秀萍]. (2014). Character encoding strategies by non-native Mandarin speakers. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/238924 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study examines the Chinese pseudo-character encoding process among two groups of Cantonese-speaking participants under a Mandarin context, attempting to find out their differences in sensitivity towards phonological and semantic information within a character. Twenty-four Cantonese-speaking adults and twenty Cantonese-speaking children participated in a picture – symbol mapping task under the no cue, semantic cue (description on the feature given) and phonetic cue (pronunciation given in Mandarin) condition. Results showed that both Cantonese groups achieved similar scores and used more phonetic than semantic strategy under no cue condition. The adults showed more phonetic strategy use under phonetic cue condition while the children used more semantic strategy under the semantic condition. The result supports that the development of semantic radical awareness precedes the development of phonetic radical awareness. While children as young as primary 3 already possess knowledge of phonetic radical, the use of such knowledge in guiding character encoding is still under development. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | - |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Second language acquisition | - |
dc.title | Character encoding strategies by non-native Mandarin speakers | - |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | - |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5806455 | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991020911349703414 | - |