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postgraduate thesis: The relationship between semantic flexibility and word reading in Chinese children
Title | The relationship between semantic flexibility and word reading in Chinese children |
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Issue Date | 2018 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Xu, J. [徐佳琪]. (2018). The relationship between semantic flexibility and word reading in Chinese children. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | Chinese writing system is more reliable in terms of semantic-orthographic link than phonological-orthographic link. We suggest that flexibly using semantic cues in language is essential in Chinese word recognition in beginning readers, which was supported by the current study among 45 children at risk of dyslexia and 51 with average reading abilities using two semantic flexibility tasks. Children at risk of dyslexia showed significantly poorer performances in homophone comprehension and using semantic radicals as cues to learn characters. Results of regression models indicate flexibly using semantic radicals as cues uniquely contributed to word recognition. Theoretical and educational implications were discussed.
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Degree | Master of Social Sciences |
Subject | Semantics Word recognition Chinese language - Psychological aspects |
Dept/Program | Educational Psychology |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278499 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Xu, Jiaqi | - |
dc.contributor.author | 徐佳琪 | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-10-10T03:41:57Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2019-10-10T03:41:57Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Xu, J. [徐佳琪]. (2018). The relationship between semantic flexibility and word reading in Chinese children. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/278499 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Chinese writing system is more reliable in terms of semantic-orthographic link than phonological-orthographic link. We suggest that flexibly using semantic cues in language is essential in Chinese word recognition in beginning readers, which was supported by the current study among 45 children at risk of dyslexia and 51 with average reading abilities using two semantic flexibility tasks. Children at risk of dyslexia showed significantly poorer performances in homophone comprehension and using semantic radicals as cues to learn characters. Results of regression models indicate flexibly using semantic radicals as cues uniquely contributed to word recognition. Theoretical and educational implications were discussed. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | HKU Theses Online (HKUTO) | - |
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 | Semantics | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Word recognition | - |
dc.subject.lcsh | Chinese language - Psychological aspects | - |
dc.title | The relationship between semantic flexibility and word reading in Chinese children | - |
dc.type | PG_Thesis | - |
dc.description.thesisname | Master of Social Sciences | - |
dc.description.thesislevel | Master | - |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Educational Psychology | - |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.5353/th_991044144989503414 | - |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991044144989503414 | - |