Examines the origin, emergence, and co-evolution of written language, the human mind, and culture within the purview of script effects

Investigates how the scripts we read over time shape our cognition, mind, and thought patterns
Provides a new outlook on the four representative writing systems of the world
Discusses the consequences of literacy for the functioning of the mind

Autorentext

Hye K. Pae, Ph.D., is currently a Professor of Applied Linguistics and Psycholinguistics in the Literacy and Second Language Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati, U.S.A. Her main research centers on the relationship between reading and cognition, reading in the first and second languages, cross-linguistic influences, and assessment challenges across cultures. Her work in these areas has appeared in books, book chapters, and a number of articles in main journals of the fields of psycholinguistics, second language studies, and assessment.

Inhalt

Foreword by Charles A. Perfetti.- Prologue.- PART I. ORAL LANGUAGE, WRITTEN LANGUAGE, AND THEIR INFLUENCES.- Language, Cognition, and Script Effects.- The Emergence of Written Language: From Numeracy to Literacy.- From Linguistic Relativity to Script Relativity.- PART II. FROM THE SCRIPT TO THE MIND AND CULTURE.- The Alphabet.- Chinese, Japanese, and Korean Writing Systems: All East-Asian but Different Scripts.- The East and the West.- The Consequences of Reading: The Reading Brain.- Linguistic Evidence for Script Relativity.- Neurolinguistic Evidence for Script Relativity.- PART III. THE DIGITAL ERA AND READING.- The New Trend: The Word Plus the Image.- The Impact of Digital Text.- Conclusion: Convergence or Divergence between the East and the West?.- Epilogue.