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978-3-030-55152-0

Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture

Publication Date: 2020

ISBN: 978-3-030-55152-0

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This book reveals the hidden power of the script we read in and how it shapes and drives our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures. Expanding on the Linguistic Relativity Hypothesis (i.e., the idea that language affects the way we think), this volume proposes the “Script Relativity Hypothesis” (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


Subject: Education, Literacy, Language Education, Cognitive Linguistics, The emergence of written language, Linguistic relativity and reading, Psychological mechanisms of reading, Script effects and critical contrastive rhetoric, Writing systems and literacy