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Vertical or Horizontal? Reading Directions in Japanese
Yasuko Obana
Bulletin of the School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London
Vol. 60, No. 1 (1997), pp. 86-94
Published by: Cambridge University Press on behalf of School of Oriental and African Studies
Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/620771
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Abstract
Traditionally the Japanese language has been written vertically. Today, however, many reading materials are written horizontally. This paper analyses whether from the viewpoint of eye movement one direction is more advantageous than the other for the process of reading comprehension of the Japanese language. It concludes that the nature of the scripts and the shape of the characters make the process of reading comprehension equally efficient in either direction.
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