Presentation 2017-07-22
Mora-based control for the length effect
Kiyoshi Ishikawa, Ryo Yamashita, So Ishii,
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Abstract(in English) In reading research, the effect of the length of a region is usually controlled for using the number of characters/letters. However, if readers first convert a string of characters/letters to phonological units, which give rise to word recognition, the number of the phonological units, rather than the characters/letters, might better control for the length effect. We compared the number of characters and of morae as a predictor for the reading times. Our mixed-effect multiple regression model analysis for Japanese readers’ self-paced reading time data suggests that phonological units rather than characters should employed for controlling the length effect.
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Paper # TL2017-25
Date of Issue 2017-07-15 (TL)

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Committee TL
Conference Date 2017/7/22(2days)
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Place (in English) NINJAL
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Topics (in English) Human Language Processing and Learning
Chair Masami Suzuki(KDDI Research)
Vice Chair Tadahisa Kondo(Kogakuin Univ.) / Chiaki Kubomura(Yamano College of Aesthetics)
Secretary Tadahisa Kondo(Kobe Gakuin Univ.) / Chiaki Kubomura(Kyoto Univ.)
Assistant Nobuyuki Jincho(Waseda Univ.) / Noriaki Takada(Ferris Univ.)

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Title (in English) Mora-based control for the length effect
Sub Title (in English) A self-paced reading study in Japanese
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1st Author's Name Kiyoshi Ishikawa
1st Author's Affiliation Hosei University(Hosei Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Ryo Yamashita
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3rd Author's Name So Ishii
3rd Author's Affiliation Hosei University(Hosei Univ.)
Date 2017-07-22
Paper # TL2017-25
Volume (vol) vol.117
Number (no) TL-149
Page pp.pp.63-66(TL),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2017-07-15 (TL)