TY - BOOK ID - 65605796 TI - Script Effects as the Hidden Drive of the Mind, Cognition, and Culture PY - 2020 SN - 3030551520 3030551512 PB - Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Literacy. KW - Language and education. KW - Cognitive grammar. KW - Language Education. KW - Cognitive Linguistics. KW - Cognitive linguistics KW - Grammar, Comparative and general KW - Psycholinguistics KW - Educational linguistics KW - Education KW - Language and languages KW - Illiteracy KW - General education KW - Literacy KW - Language Education KW - Cognitive Linguistics KW - Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics KW - Open Access KW - The emergence of written language KW - Linguistic relativity and reading KW - Psychological mechanisms of reading KW - Script effects and critical contrastive rhetoric KW - Writing systems and literacy KW - Language teaching & learning KW - Linguistics KW - Cognitive studies KW - Psycholinguistics. KW - Psycholinguistics and Cognitive Lingusitics. KW - Study and teaching. KW - Language, Psychology of KW - Psychology of language KW - Speech KW - Psychology KW - Thought and thinking KW - Language and languages Study and teaching KW - Study and teaching KW - Language and education KW - Language schools KW - Psychological aspects UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:65605796 AB - 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. 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. Once we become literate, fundamental changes occur in our brain circuitry to accommodate the new demand for resources. 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. 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. To support the “Script Relativity Hypothesis”, 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. 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. As a result, our minds, ways of thinking, and cultures are now growing closer together, not farther apart. ER -