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This study investigated how Chinese readers resolve sublexical semantic ambiguity in compound words using event-related potentials (ERPs). Findings reveal distinct processing patterns for words and pseudowords, highlighting the role of morphological representation and hemispheric asymmetries.

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Area of Science:

  • Cognitive Neuroscience
  • Psycholinguistics
  • Computational Linguistics

Background:

  • Chinese compounds present unique challenges for readers due to shared orthographic and semantic properties among neighbors.
  • Understanding sublexical semantic ambiguity is crucial for deciphering word processing mechanisms in morphologically rich languages.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate how readers resolve sublexical semantic ambiguity in the first character of Chinese disyllabic compounds.
  • To examine the influence of orthographic neighborhood size on ambiguity resolution.
  • To explore hemispheric asymmetries in processing sublexical information.

Main Methods:

  • Utilized central and visual half-field (VF) presentation methods.
  • Employed event-related potential (ERP) measures, specifically the N400 component.
  • Manipulated sublexical ambiguity of the first character while controlling orthographic neighborhood sizes (NS1, NS2).

Main Results:

  • Low sublexical ambiguity words elicited a more negative N400 than high ambiguity words under central and left VF presentation.
  • Pseudoword processing showed different patterns: left VF favored high ambiguity, while right VF favored low ambiguity.
  • Results suggest a need for refined morphological representation and indicate hemispheric specialization in ambiguity resolution.

Conclusions:

  • A distinct morphological representation level, bridging form and meaning, is essential for processing Chinese compounds.
  • Hemispheric asymmetries play a role in utilizing word information for ambiguity resolution, even at the sublexical level.
  • Future research should consider these factors in models of Chinese word recognition.