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undergraduate thesis: Do compound radicals exist as a unit of analysis in Chinese character recognition?
Title | Do compound radicals exist as a unit of analysis in Chinese character recognition? |
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Authors | |
Issue Date | 2011 |
Publisher | The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong) |
Citation | Tam, C. T. [譚智聰]. (2011). Do compound radicals exist as a unit of analysis in Chinese character recognition?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. |
Abstract | This study investigated the presence of compound radical representations as a unit of analysis in Chinese character recognition. Native local Cantonese-speaking undergraduates were recruited as participants. For each of the freestanding and non-freestanding conditions, a masked priming lexical decision task was used in which target type (characters containing compound radical and characters containing simple radical), prime type (compound radicals and simple radicals) and prime durations (32 ms and 48 ms) were manipulated. Interaction between prime duration and prime-target relation did not reach significance for both conditions. The results suggest that compound radicals are not represented in the process of Chinese character recognition, despite of their common occurrence as phonetic radicals. However, the pattern of interaction between prime type and prime duration noted with stimuli containing non-freestanding radical motivates further research in the direction of the existence of compound radical representation. Implications for further study of Chinese character processing are discussed. |
Degree | Bachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Subject | Chinese characters Word recognition |
Dept/Program | Speech and Hearing Sciences |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192903 |
HKU Library Item ID | b5093466 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Tam, Chi-chung, Timothy | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | 譚智聰 | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-11-28T06:05:33Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2013-11-28T06:05:33Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | Tam, C. T. [譚智聰]. (2011). Do compound radicals exist as a unit of analysis in Chinese character recognition?. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR. | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/192903 | - |
dc.description.abstract | This study investigated the presence of compound radical representations as a unit of analysis in Chinese character recognition. Native local Cantonese-speaking undergraduates were recruited as participants. For each of the freestanding and non-freestanding conditions, a masked priming lexical decision task was used in which target type (characters containing compound radical and characters containing simple radical), prime type (compound radicals and simple radicals) and prime durations (32 ms and 48 ms) were manipulated. Interaction between prime duration and prime-target relation did not reach significance for both conditions. The results suggest that compound radicals are not represented in the process of Chinese character recognition, despite of their common occurrence as phonetic radicals. However, the pattern of interaction between prime type and prime duration noted with stimuli containing non-freestanding radical motivates further research in the direction of the existence of compound radical representation. Implications for further study of Chinese character processing are discussed. | 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 characters | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Word recognition | en_US |
dc.title | Do compound radicals exist as a unit of analysis in Chinese character recognition? | en_US |
dc.type | UG_Thesis | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkul | b5093466 | 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 | 991035839179703414 | - |