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Comparing the Frequency Effect Between the Lexical Decision and Naming Tasks in Chinese

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The sequence effect: Character position processing in Chinese words.

Yancui Zhang^1,2, Mengsi Wang¹, Jingxin Wang¹

¹Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin, China.

Frontiers in Psychology

|October 24, 2022

Summary

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This study reveals how character position impacts Chinese word recognition. Findings show a sequence effect, supporting character-based processing in Chinese words.

Keywords:

Chinese character position processing language sequence effect words

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Area of Science:

Cognitive Psychology
Psycholinguistics
Neuroscience

Background:

Letter position processing is vital for word recognition in alphabetic scripts, with external letters (especially initial) processed more efficiently.
Character position processing is also critical for Chinese word recognition, but patterns within Chinese words remain underexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the character position processing patterns within Chinese words.
To determine if Chinese word recognition relies on character-based processing.

Main Methods:

A single-presentation lexical decision task was employed.
Two experiments were conducted with 79 Chinese university students using three- and four-character words.
Transposed pseudowords were used to assess character position effects.

Main Results:

Clear evidence of character position processing was observed with transposed pseudowords.
A significant sequence effect was identified in Chinese character position processing within words.

Conclusions:

The findings directly support the hypothesis that Chinese word recognition involves character-based processing.
The study elucidates the sequential nature of character position processing in the Chinese writing system.