Competition Between Parts and Whole: A New Approach to Chinese Compound Word Processing

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	Competition Between Parts and Whole: A New Approach to Chinese Compound Word Processing
	Zhang, Qiwei 1,2; Huang, Kuan-Jung 3; Li, Xingshan 1,2
通讯作者	Li, Xingshan(lixs@psych.ac.cn)
摘要	How compound words are processed remains a central question in research on Chinese reading. The Chinese reading model assumes that all possible words sharing characters are activated during word processing and these activated words compete for a winner (Li & Pollatsek, 2020). The present studies aimed to examine whether embedded component words compete with whole compound words in Chinese reading. In Study 1, we analyzed two existing lexical decision databases and revealed inhibitory effects of component-word frequency and facilitative effects of character frequency on the first components. In Study 2, we conducted two factorial experiments to further examine the effects of first component-word frequency, with character frequencies controlled. The results consistently indicated significant inhibitory effects of component-word frequency. Collectively, these findings support the theoretical proposition that both component words and compound words are activated and engage in competition during word processing. This provides a new approach to compound word processing in Chinese reading and a possible solution to mixed results of character frequency effects reported in the literature.
关键词	reading compound word processing lexical decision Chinese
	2024-05-01
语种	英语
DOI	10.1037/xhp0001198
发表期刊	JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE
ISSN	0096-1523
卷号	50 期号:5 页码:479-497
收录类别	SCI
资助项目	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)[32371156]
出版者	AMER PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOC
WOS关键词	EYE-MOVEMENTS ; CHARACTER-FREQUENCY ; LEXICAL ACCESS ; MODEL ; CONSTITUENTS ; RECOGNITION ; RETRIEVAL ; LENGTH ; INFORMATION ; ACTIVATION
WOS研究方向	Psychology
WOS类目	Psychology ; Psychology, Experimental
WOS记录号	WOS:001322600400006
资助机构	National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC)
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文献类型	期刊论文
条目标识符	https://ir.psych.ac.cn/handle/311026/48947
通讯作者	Li, Xingshan
作者单位	1.Chinese Acad Sci, Inst Psychol, CAS Key Lab Behav Sci, Beijing, Peoples R China 2.Univ Chinese Acad Sci, Dept Psychol, Beijing, Peoples R China 3.Univ Massachusetts, Dept Psychol & Brain Sci, Amherst, MA USA
推荐引用方式 GB/T 7714	Zhang, Qiwei,Huang, Kuan-Jung,Li, Xingshan. Competition Between Parts and Whole: A New Approach to Chinese Compound Word Processing[J]. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE,2024,50(5):479-497.
APA	Zhang, Qiwei,Huang, Kuan-Jung,&Li, Xingshan.(2024).Competition Between Parts and Whole: A New Approach to Chinese Compound Word Processing.JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE,50(5),479-497.
MLA	Zhang, Qiwei,et al."Competition Between Parts and Whole: A New Approach to Chinese Compound Word Processing".JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY-HUMAN PERCEPTION AND PERFORMANCE 50.5(2024):479-497.