The Phonological Effect In CLEs' English And Chinese Visual Lexical Access

My heartfelt gratitude goes to Professor Pan Yongliang, my supervisor, for his most inspiring guidance in my writing of this thesis, and for his unfailing help and warm encouragements that have supported me through my graduate studies. Also, I am indebted to him for the brilliant instructions he gave in three linguistic courses of the graduate program.I am also especially grateful to Professor Xue Hanrong, Professor Li Shaoshan, Professor Yan Chensong, Professor Cheng Gong, Professor Li Jingwei, Associate Professor Pu Jianzhong, Instructor Cai Jinting, Instructor Zhao Weibin and Instructor Tang Huifeng for their valuable instructions and their ready help. I want to thank my classmates: Li Jingquan, Xiong Jianguo, Cai Hong, Ma Yuli, Lu Yanruo, Chen Wanxia, Ge Shuhua, and Zhao Rong for their friendship and support in the two and a half years of graduate study. My particular appreciation goes to Li Jingquan and Xiong Jianguo for their unselfish help of all kinds and especially their remarkable support for the present research.I am greatly indebted to my parents for their dedication and deepest affection that have urged me to make greater progress through all these years. I also owe special thanks to my baby daughter for her angelic smiles, which have purified my soul and inspired me through the quiet fall nights revising my thesis.