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Comparative study reveals incidental vocabulary acquisition during reading in elementary students, suggesting universal cognitive mechanisms for contextual learning across writing systems.
Hua Shu, Richard C. Anderson, Houcan Zhang, Incidental Learning of Word Meanings While Reading: A Chinese and American Cross-Cultural Study, Reading Research Quarterly, Vol. 30, No. 1 (Jan. - Feb. - Mar., 1995), pp. 76-95
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