author: insup taylor

Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese

... Kanji (out of a possible 50,000) have been designated as official. To learn a handful of Kanji is easy, even for preschoolers. But to master all the official Kanji is another matter. What makes Kanji difficult to master is not just ...

Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese

... idioms is hyperbole, as in jiu chi rou lin ('wine lake meat forest' or “feast with abundant wine and meat”) The idiom originally described two evil emperors of ancient China who spent days and nights indulged in drinking wine, eating ...

The Psychology of Reading

... gyo. . . /, and can repeat the same process with the second consonant /n/ to produce /na, nya, no, nyo. . . /. In this way, he learns through deduction, instruction, and practice all 399 V or CV syllables. The more complex syllable ...

Writing and Literacy in Chinese, Korean and Japanese: Revised edition

... IQ (intelligence quotient) A score obtained from a standardized intelligence test. An IQ test typically consists of verbal and non-verbal parts, whose scores combine to form a full scale IQ. The average IQ score in a representative ...

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