• 作者： 鄭昭明; 陳學志
• 作者服務機構： 國立台灣大學心理系
• 中文摘要： 中國文字歷經數千年的生態考驗，演變成為今日的正楷字體，雖然具備結構勻稱與表徵音義的特性，但在書寫上仍嫌繁瑣與費時。本文試圖從文字學習與認知的觀點，以大陸現行使用的2173簡體字為例，分析漢字的簡化對讀寫中文的影響。結果發現，簡化使中國文字的書寫，平均每字可減省1.8畫。但簡化同時也增多了字形相似字與多義字，這可能不利於中文的學習與閱讀。本文結論主張，「識繁寫簡」可能是一個解決的辦法。但是，中國文字的未來如需簡化，則必須在「讀的容易」與「寫的方便」之間求取一個平衡點。最後本文提出六項「漢字簡化」的原則，供作參考。
• 英文摘要： The orthographic history of Chinese characters suggests that they evolved to representspeech sounds while continuing to represent objects and events. It is now commonly assumedthat present-day Chinese characters are too complex to easily learn and write, and mainlandChina has acted on this assumption by the introduction of simplified characters. The presentpaper tries to evaluate the effects of character simplification on Chinese reading and writing.Mainland China's 2173 simplified characters were used as samples for analysis. Results showthat use of these simplified characters saved on average 1.8 strokes per character. However, use of these simplified characters generate a number of visually similar characters and poly-semies, which might make reading Chinese characters more difficult. It is concluded that caseof reading should also be taken into consideration in efforts to simplify Chinese characters.Toward this end, six principles for character simplification are proposed.
• 中文關鍵字： 漢字的簡化; 中文的讀寫
• 英文關鍵字： --