Transfer of the knowledge of Chinese characters to Japanese

Unlike many European languages, Japanese orthographic system is complex, consisting of three types of scripts used to serve different functions in a text. In particular, a great deal of efforts and time are spent on teaching kanji (Chinese characters) to both native and non-native speakers of Japanese. For instance, average Japanese children spend more than ten years learning kanji to achieve functional literacy (Ishii, 1967). Since kanji are used for content words in Japanese, many researchers and educators believe that knowing more kanji entails better comprehension, and that the native speakers of Chinese should be able to read Japanese better than those whose native language do not have Chinese characters (Ezoe, 1985; Takebe, 1988).

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph.D.

Level thesis:degree_level

Dissertation

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Linguistics

Grantor

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Year dc:date

2011

Author dc:creator

• Hatasa, Yukiko Abe

Contributors dc:contributor

• Makino, S.

• Education, Bilingual and Multicultural
• Language, Linguistics

Statement dc:rights

• Copyright 1992 Hatasa, Yukiko Abe

Language dc:language

eng

Identifier

AAI9236480
(UMI)AAI9236480

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:www.ideals.illinois.edu:2142/23061