Reading compound words in Finnish and Chinese: An eye-tracking study

IF 2.9 1区心理学 Q1 LINGUISTICS Journal of memory and language Pub Date : 2023-10-28 DOI:10.1016/j.jml.2023.104474

Jukka Hyönä , Lei Cui , Timo T. Heikkilä , Birgitta Paranko , Yun Gao , Xingzhi Su

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Two eye-tracking experiments in alphabetic Finnish and two in logographic Chinese examined the recognition of two-constituent compound words in reading. In Finnish, two-constituent compound words vary greatly in length, whereas in Chinese they are identical in length. According to the visual acuity principle (Bertram & Hyönä, 2003), short Finnish compound words and all two-character Chinese compound words that fit in foveal vision are recognized holistically, whereas long Finnish compound words are recognized via components. Experiment 1 in Finnish provided evidence consistent with the account, whereas the results for long compound words presented in condensed font in Experiment 2 were inconsistent with it. In Chinese, the first-character frequency effect was non-significant even when the compound words were presented in large font. The Finnish results suggest that componential processing is necessary when the compound word entails more than 10 letters. The Chinese results are compatible with the Chinese Reading Model (Li & Pollatsek, 2020) that assumes whole-word representations to overrule the activation of components during compound word recognition.

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芬兰语和汉语复合词阅读:一项眼球追踪研究

字母芬兰语和汉语的两个眼动实验考察了阅读中双成分复合词的识别。芬兰语双成分复合词的长度差异很大，而汉语双成分复合词的长度相同。根据视觉敏锐度原理(Bertram &Hyönä， 2003)，芬兰语短复合词和所有符合中央凹视觉的双字复合词都是整体识别，而芬兰语长复合词是通过成分识别。芬兰语实验1提供的证据与该说法一致，而实验2中以缩略语呈现的长复合词的结果与该说法不一致。在汉语中，即使以大字体呈现复合词，首字频次效应也不显著。芬兰的研究结果表明，当复合词包含超过10个字母时，成分处理是必要的。中文结果与中文阅读模型(Li &Pollatsek, 2020)，假设在复合词识别过程中，全词表示会推翻组件的激活。

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Journal of memory and language 医学-心理学

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期刊介绍： Articles in the Journal of Memory and Language contribute to the formulation of scientific issues and theories in the areas of memory, language comprehension and production, and cognitive processes. Special emphasis is given to research articles that provide new theoretical insights based on a carefully laid empirical foundation. The journal generally favors articles that provide multiple experiments. In addition, significant theoretical papers without new experimental findings may be published. The Journal of Memory and Language is a valuable tool for cognitive scientists, including psychologists, linguists, and others interested in memory and learning, language, reading, and speech. Research Areas include: • Topics that illuminate aspects of memory or language processing • Linguistics • Neuropsychology.

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