Phonological Awareness, Orthography, and Learning to Read Chinese

Jun-Ren Lee, Chu-Ren Huang

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Abstract

Phonological awareness refers to a speaker’s knowledge of the phonological structure of the language. The study of phonological awareness has traditionally been associated with the study of reading. As reading Chinese involves an orthography that does not directly encode phonology, the issue of phonological awareness in Chinese speakers and learners has been an intriguing issue. In this chapter, we examine this issue by synthesizing research from reading, orthography, phonology, and, most crucially, from recent studies in Chinese linguistics. In the process, we identify several strong arguments for phonological awareness for Mandarin speakers.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationThe Cambridge Handbook of Chinese Linguistics
EditorsChu-Ren Huang, Yen-Hwei Lin, I-Hsuan Chen, Yu-Yin Hsu
PublisherCambridge University Press
Chapter1
Pages3-22
ISBN (Electronic)9781108329019
ISBN (Print)9781108420075
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 4 Aug 2022

Publication series

NameCambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics
PublisherCambridge University Press

Keywords

  • Chinese character reading
  • phonics
  • phonological awareness
  • reading development

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