Presentation 2023-09-30
The effect of contextual information on lexical decision task
Miki Ishihara, Kentaro Nakatani,
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Abstract(in English) In this study, we examined whether the priming effect is manifested differently when the prime is a word or a context in a lexical judgment task, and whether this effect is manifested differently when there is code-switching or not. The experiment consisted of a 2 x 2 factorial design with levels of prime type and relatedness. For the prime type factor, we set up two levels: one is whether the prime is word or context in the lexical judgment task, and the other is whether the prime is related to the target (related) or not (unrelated). Based on this factorial design, we conducted a mono-language experiment with Japanese primes and Japanese targets (Japanese-Japanese experiment) and a code-switching experiment with Japanese primes and English targets (Japanese-English experiment). The results showed a strong interaction between the two factors in the Japanese-Japanese experiment: a greater priming effect was observed in the context condition than in the word condition. On the other hand, no interaction was observed in the Japanese-English experiment, and only a main effect of the relatedness factor was observed. We conclude that when the context is the prime in a monolingual condition, the lexical judgment of the target may reflect not only the process of lexical access but also the degree of the fit to the extended linguistic context.
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Keyword(in English) lexical decision task / contextual information / primming effect
Paper # TL2023-19
Date of Issue 2023-09-23 (TL)

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Committee TL
Conference Date 2023/9/30(2days)
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Place (in English) University of Tokyo
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Topics (in English) Language Processing and Language Learning
Chair Miwa Morishita(Kobe Gakuin Univ.)
Vice Chair Yasushi Tsubota(Kyoto Inst. of Tech.) / Akinori Takada(Ferris Univ.)
Secretary Yasushi Tsubota(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.) / Akinori Takada(Miidas)
Assistant Hiroaki Yamada(Tokyo Inst. of Tech) / Akio Shimogori(Hakodate-ct)

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Language JPN
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Title (in English) The effect of contextual information on lexical decision task
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) lexical decision task
Keyword(2) contextual information
Keyword(3) primming effect
1st Author's Name Miki Ishihara
1st Author's Affiliation Konan University(Konan U)
2nd Author's Name Kentaro Nakatani
2nd Author's Affiliation Konan University(Konan U)
Date 2023-09-30
Paper # TL2023-19
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) TL-197
Page pp.pp.19-24(TL),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2023-09-23 (TL)