Sign Language and Chinese Characters
Both learning a sign language and mastering Chinese characters involve a relatively complex task of visual recognition and memory. One study showed that when Chinese deaf signers and Chinese hearing children were presented with pseudo-Chinese characters (presented by movement patterns in space), deaf subjects were better than Chinese hearing children at remembering, analyzing and decoding the Chinese characters
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—For the State of Maine, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“Like the train’s beat
Swift language flutters the lips
Of the Polish airgirl in the corner seat.”
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