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There exist many different writing systems in the world. This variety of the writing systems raises several important questions related to reading. Do different writing systems entail different forms of information processing in reading? What are the effects of script variations on the processes involved in reading: do they simply constrain peripheral perceptual processes or do they challenge central cognitive processes also? How do script variations affect the organization of lexical representation? etc. In our study, focusing on the latter issue, we sought to explore whether script information is represented in the mental lexicon. We attempted to resolve this problem by studying Korean biscriptals.
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Park, K., Vaid, J. (1995). Lexical Representation of Script Variation: Evidence From Korean Biscriptals. In: Taylor, I., Olson, D.R. (eds) Scripts and Literacy. Neuropsychology and Cognition, vol 7. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-1162-1_21
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