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Article: Phonology and access to chinese character meaning

TitlePhonology and access to chinese character meaning
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Issue Date2010
PublisherAmmons Scientific Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.amsciepub.com/loi/pr0
Citation
Psychological Reports, 2010, v. 107 n. 3, p. 899-913 How to Cite?
AbstractOne of the central concerns in theories of reading skills is the role of phonology in access to word meaning. The present study focused on this issue in Chinese to examine the extent to which phonology aff ects Chinese character recognition. Two naming experiments were conducted with a phonologically mediated semantic priming paradigm, and the relative frequencies of semantic associates of the targets and their homophones were manipulated systematically. Analyses showed that a semantic associate produced robust priming on target naming at 57- and 250-msec. stimulus onset asynchronies, but only the low frequency homophones of high frequency semantic associates facilitated target naming at a 250- msec. stimulus onset asynchrony. These results indicate the role of phonology is neither obligatory nor effi cient in access to Chinese character meaning, contradicting the key assumptions of the lexical constituency model. A revised parallel access model that emphasizes visual access to semantics is suggested as a more plausible account. © Psychological Reports 2010.
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/141014
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2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.703
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dc.contributor.authorKong, Len_HK
dc.contributor.authorZhang, JXen_HK
dc.contributor.authorHo, CSHen_HK
dc.contributor.authorKang, Cen_HK
dc.date.accessioned2011-09-23T06:23:30Z-
dc.date.available2011-09-23T06:23:30Z-
dc.date.issued2010en_HK
dc.identifier.citationPsychological Reports, 2010, v. 107 n. 3, p. 899-913en_HK
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dc.description.abstractOne of the central concerns in theories of reading skills is the role of phonology in access to word meaning. The present study focused on this issue in Chinese to examine the extent to which phonology aff ects Chinese character recognition. Two naming experiments were conducted with a phonologically mediated semantic priming paradigm, and the relative frequencies of semantic associates of the targets and their homophones were manipulated systematically. Analyses showed that a semantic associate produced robust priming on target naming at 57- and 250-msec. stimulus onset asynchronies, but only the low frequency homophones of high frequency semantic associates facilitated target naming at a 250- msec. stimulus onset asynchrony. These results indicate the role of phonology is neither obligatory nor effi cient in access to Chinese character meaning, contradicting the key assumptions of the lexical constituency model. A revised parallel access model that emphasizes visual access to semantics is suggested as a more plausible account. © Psychological Reports 2010.en_HK
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherAmmons Scientific Ltd. The Journal's web site is located at http://www.amsciepub.com/loi/pr0en_HK
dc.relation.ispartofPsychological Reportsen_HK
dc.rightsPsychological Reports. Copyright © Ammons Scientific Ltd.-
dc.subject.meshAsian Continental Ancestry Group-
dc.subject.meshComprehension - physiology-
dc.subject.meshPattern Recognition, Visual - physiology-
dc.subject.meshPhonetics-
dc.subject.meshSemantics-
dc.titlePhonology and access to chinese character meaningen_HK
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