Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture (Literacy Studies)

Pae, Hye K.

ISBN 10: 3030551547 / ISBN 13: 9783030551544

Editore: Springer, 2021

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• Titolo: Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture (Literacy Studies)
• Editore: Springer
• Data di pubblicazione: 2021
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3030551547
• ISBN 13: 9783030551544
• Rilegatura: Brossura
• Condizione: New

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<p>This open access volume reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures.&nbsp;&nbsp;Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis”&nbsp;(i.e., the idea that the script in which we read affects the way we think) by offering a unique perspective on the effect of script (alphabets, morphosyllabaries, or multi-scripts) on our attention, perception, and problem-solving.&nbsp;&nbsp;Once we become literate, fundamental changes occur in our brain circuitry to accommodate the new demand for resources.&nbsp;&nbsp;The powerful effects of literacy have been demonstrated by research on literate versus illiterate individuals, as well as cross-scriptal transfer, indicating that literate brain networks function differently, depending on the script being read.&nbsp;&nbsp;This book identifies the locus of differences between the Chinese, Japanese, and Koreans, and between the East and the West, as the neural underpinnings of literacy.&nbsp; To support&nbsp;the “Script Relativity Hypothesis<i>”</i>, it reviews a vast corpus of empirical studies, including anthropological accounts of human civilization, social psychology, cognitive psychology, neuropsychology, applied linguistics, second language studies, and cross-cultural communication.&nbsp;It also discusses the impact of reading from screens in the digital age, as well as the impact of bi-script or multi-script use, which is a growing trend around the globe.&nbsp;&nbsp;As a result, our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures are now growing closer together, not farther apart.</p><p></p>

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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.&nbsp; 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.&nbsp; 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.