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undergraduate thesis: Effects of semantic radicals on Chinese character decision of Chinese children at grade three
Title | Effects of semantic radicals on Chinese character decision of Chinese children at grade three |
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Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Lau, K. [劉嘉裕]. (2011). Effects of semantic radicals on Chinese character decision of Chinese children at grade three. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study investigated the effects of semantic radical properties on character recognition among children at Grade 3 by using a character decision task. The results showed a significant effect of semantic transparency on error rate; but a significant effect of semantic radical consistency only presented for transparent characters. Results from multiple regression analyses showed that even when other correlated psycholinguistic factors were controlled, semantic transparency was still an important predictor of character recognition. The results indicate that a) semantic transparency facilitates character recognition in Grade 3 children; b) they have some awareness of semantic radical consistency in Chinese script and c) sublexical processing of semantic properties should be assumed in children as young as 8 years of age. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Chinese language - Semantics |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192887 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5093406 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Lau, Ka-yu | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | 劉嘉裕 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-28T06:05:24Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-28T06:05:24Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Lau, K. [劉嘉裕]. (2011). Effects of semantic radicals on Chinese character decision of Chinese children at grade three. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192887 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the effects of semantic radical properties on character recognition among children at Grade 3 by using a character decision task. The results showed a significant effect of semantic transparency on error rate; but a significant effect of semantic radical consistency only presented for transparent characters. Results from multiple regression analyses showed that even when other correlated psycholinguistic factors were controlled, semantic transparency was still an important predictor of character recognition. The results indicate that a) semantic transparency facilitates character recognition in Grade 3 children; b) they have some awareness of semantic radical consistency in Chinese script and c) sublexical processing of semantic properties should be assumed in children as young as 8 years of age. | en_US |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) | en_US |
dc.rights | The author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works. | en_US |
dc.rights | This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Chinese language - Semantics | en_US |
dc.title | Effects of semantic radicals on Chinese character decision of Chinese children at grade three | en_US |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5093406 | en_US |
dc.description.thesisname | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.thesislevel | Bachelor | en_US |
dc.description.thesisdiscipline | Speech and Hearing Sciences | en_US |
dc.description.nature | published_or_final_version | en_US |
dc.date.hkucongregation | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.mmsid | 991035838009703414 | - |