A self-learning system for the Chinese characters
Georges Fafiotte · 1990
We are prototyping a system for the self-learning of Chinese characters, presently on a Macintosh computer. The interactive information base provides the learner with basic universal properties of the characters (morphology, intrinsic meaning), extended with a quite comprehensive set of language- dependent aspects (phonetics, extended semantics, contextual or pragmatic attributes). The user is intended to have a professional or cultural non-academic motivation. The system allows to experiment on Heisig's proposal involving the separation of Chinese characters learning (or Japanese kanji) from that of the language. A prototype under HyperCard may be demonstrated on a subset of about 200 characters.