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Cross-language parafoveal semantic processing: Evidence from Korean-Chinese bilinguals
Aiping Wang1,2, Junmo Yeon1, Wei Zhou3
1School of Psychology, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China.
Abstract:
In the present study, we aimed at testing cross-language cognate and semantic preview effects. We tested how native Korean readers who learned Chinese as a second language make use of the parafoveal information during the reading of Chinese sentences. There were 3 types of Korean preview words: cognate translations of the Chinese target words, semantically related noncognate words, and unrelated words. Together with a highly significant cognate preview effect, more critically, we also observed reliable facilitation in processing of the target word from the semantically related previews in all fixation measures. Results from the present study provide first evidence for semantic processing from parafoveally presented Korean words and for cross-language parafoveal semantic processing.
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