Chapter published in:
Writing Systems, Reading Processes, and Cross-Linguistic Influences: Reflections from the Chinese, Japanese and Korean Languages
Edited by Hye K. Pae
[Bilingual Processing and Acquisition 7] 2018
► pp. 137–162

Brain mechanisms of Chinese word reading

| Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China & The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen, China
Research on Chinese reading provides important insights into the understanding of language-universal and script-specific mechanisms of reading, because Chinese is contrastively different from alphabetic languages. In this chapter, I will first summarize neuroimaging findings of Chinese word reading in adults in comparison to English word reading. Then, I will discuss how the brain adapts to one’s language with learning and development. Then, I will focus on the topic of second language learning, including how one brain processes Chinese and English in bilinguals, how first language influences second language learning, and whether there are different optimal learning methods for different second languages. This chapter will address these important questions based on neuroimaging studies.
Keywords: Chinese, fMRI, bilingual, development, learning, specialization
Published online: 10 July 2018
https://doi.org/10.1075/bpa.7.07cao
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