Presentation 2007/4/13
Influences of phonological length and prosody in silent reading.
Tadahisa KONDO, Nobuyuki JINCHO, Reiko MAZUKA, Akiko HAYASHI,
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Abstract(in English) In the present study,m we investigated how much the mora length would contribute to the silent readings of Japanese sentences in an eye-movement experiment. The target words were nouns weitten in two-Kanji characters that were either2, 3, 4 or 5 moras long phonologically. The word familiarity and diffeculty of Kanji characters were controlled. Psositon of the target words withiin a sentence was counterbalanced. Subjects read a text that was presented in four lines on a screen. Each line of the text contained a sentence with a target word. Twelve Japanese adults read 24 texts. The results of multiple regression analyses showed that the mora length of the target word made a significant contribution the the gaze-duration of the target word, as well as of the ensuing phrase. The results showed that the phonological length of words, even after controlling for other factors, has an impact on reading Japanese sentences. The results of the present study provide evidence in support of the claim that phonological and prosodic properties of a sentence strongly affect the processing of that sentence even when it is read silently.
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Keyword(in English) eye movement / phonological length / mora length / prosody / lexical propertiwes
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Title (in English) Influences of phonological length and prosody in silent reading.
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Keyword(1) eye movement
Keyword(2) phonological length
Keyword(3) mora length
Keyword(4) prosody
Keyword(5) lexical propertiwes
1st Author's Name Tadahisa KONDO
1st Author's Affiliation NTT Communication Sci. Labs, NTT Corporation()
2nd Author's Name Nobuyuki JINCHO
2nd Author's Affiliation RIKEN Brain Sci. Ins.
3rd Author's Name Reiko MAZUKA
3rd Author's Affiliation RIKEN Brain Sci. Ins.:DUKE Univ
4th Author's Name Akiko HAYASHI
4th Author's Affiliation Tokyo Gakugei Univ.
Date 2007/4/13
Paper # TL2007-8
Volume (vol) vol.107
Number (no) 10
Page pp.pp.-
#Pages 6
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