9168
2016
2016
eng
10
7
article
Frontiers Research Foundation
Lausanne
1
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2016-03-30
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How Orthography Modulates Morphological Priming
The current study investigates to what extent masked morphological priming is modulated by language-particular properties, specifically by its writing system. We present results from two masked priming experiments investigating the processing of complex Japanese words written in less common (moraic) scripts. In Experiment 1, participants performed lexical decisions on target verbs; these were preceded by primes which were either (i) a past-tense form of the same verb, (ii) a stem-related form with the epenthetic vowel -i, (iii) a semantically-related form, and (iv) a phonologically-related form. Significant priming effects were obtained for prime types (i), (ii), and (iii), but not for (iv). This pattern of results differs from previous findings on languages with alphabetic scripts, which found reliable masked priming effects for morphologically related prime/target pairs of type (i), but not for non-affixal and semantically-related primes of types (ii), and (iii). In Experiment 2, we measured priming effects for prime/target pairs which are neither morphologically, semantically, phonologically nor - as presented in their moraic scripts—orthographically related, but which—in their commonly written form—share the same kanji, which are logograms adopted from Chinese. The results showed a significant priming effect, with faster lexical-decision times for kanji-related prime/target pairs relative to unrelated ones. We conclude that affix-stripping is insufficient to account for masked morphological priming effects across languages, but that language-particular properties (in the case of Japanese, the writing system) affect the processing of (morphologically) complex words.
Frontiers in psychology
Subliminal Kanji Activation in Japanese
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00316
1664-1078
Universität Potsdam, Publikationsfonds
PA 2016_13
1531.16
online registration
316
<a href="http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-91692">Zweitveröffentlichung in der Schriftenreihe Postprints der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe ; 293</a>
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Yoko Nakano
Yu Ikemoto
Gunnar Jacob
Harald Clahsen
eng
uncontrolled
morphologically complex words
eng
uncontrolled
morpho-orthography
eng
uncontrolled
decompositon
eng
uncontrolled
Japanese
eng
uncontrolled
kanji
eng
uncontrolled
kana
Psychologie
Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Referiert
Publikationsfonds der Universität Potsdam
Open Access
Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism (PRIM)
Universität Potsdam
9169
2016
2016
eng
10
postprint
1
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How Orthography Modulates Morphological Priming
The current study investigates to what extent masked morphological priming is modulated by language-particular properties, specifically by its writing system. We present results from two masked priming experiments investigating the processing of complex Japanese words written in less common (moraic) scripts. In Experiment 1, participants performed lexical decisions on target verbs; these were preceded by primes which were either (i) a past-tense form of the same verb, (ii) a stem-related form with the epenthetic vowel -i, (iii) a semantically-related form, and (iv) a phonologically-related form. Significant priming effects were obtained for prime types (i), (ii), and (iii), but not for (iv). This pattern of results differs from previous findings on languages with alphabetic scripts, which found reliable masked priming effects for morphologically related prime/target pairs of type (i), but not for non-affixal and semantically-related primes of types (ii), and (iii). In Experiment 2, we measured priming effects for prime/target pairs which are neither morphologically, semantically, phonologically nor - as presented in their moraic scripts—orthographically related, but which—in their commonly written form—share the same kanji, which are logograms adopted from Chinese. The results showed a significant priming effect, with faster lexical-decision times for kanji-related prime/target pairs relative to unrelated ones. We conclude that affix-stripping is insufficient to account for masked morphological priming effects across languages, but that language-particular properties (in the case of Japanese, the writing system) affect the processing of (morphologically) complex words.
Subliminal Kanji Activation in Japanese
urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus4-91692
online registration
Universität Potsdam, Publikationsfonds
PA 2016_13
1531,16
<a href="http://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/opus4-ubp/frontdoor/index/index/docId/9168">Bibliographieeintrag der Originalveröffentlichung/Quelle</a>
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Yoko Nakano
Yu Ikemoto
Gunnar Jacob
Harald Clahsen
Zweitveröffentlichungen der Universität Potsdam : Humanwissenschaftliche Reihe
293
eng
uncontrolled
Japanese
eng
uncontrolled
decompositon
eng
uncontrolled
kana
eng
uncontrolled
kanji
eng
uncontrolled
morpho-orthography
eng
uncontrolled
morphologically complex words
Psychologie
open_access
Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät
Referiert
Open Access
Potsdam Research Institute for Multilingualism (PRIM)
Universität Potsdam
https://publishup.uni-potsdam.de/files/9169/phr293.pdf
45499
2016
2016
eng
10
7
article
Frontiers Research Foundation
Lausanne
1
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How Orthography Modulates Morphological Priming: Subliminal Kanji Activation in Japanese
The current study investigates to what extent masked morphological priming is modulated by language-particular properties, specifically by its writing system. We present results from two masked priming experiments investigating the processing of complex Japanese words written in less common (moraic) scripts. In Experiment 1, participants performed lexical decisions on target verbs; these were preceded by primes which were either (i) a past-tense form of the same verb, (ii) a stem-related form with the epenthetic vowel-i, (iii) a semantically-related form, and (iv) a phonologically-related form. Significant priming effects were obtained for prime types (i), (ii), and (iii), but not for (iv). This pattern of results differs from previous findings on languages with alphabetic scripts, which found reliable masked priming effects for morphologically related prime/target pairs of type (i), but not for non-affixal and semantically-related primes of types (ii), and (iii). In Experiment 2, we measured priming effects for prime/target pairs which are neither morphologically, semantically, phonologically nor - as presented in their moraic scripts orthographically related, but which in their commonly written form share the same kanji, which are logograms adopted from Chinese. The results showed a significant priming effect, with faster lexical-decision times for kanji-related prime/target pairs relative to unrelated ones. We conclude that affix-stripping is insufficient to account for masked morphological priming effects across languages, but that language-particular properties (in the case of Japanese, the writing system) affect the processing of (morphologically) complex words.
Frontiers in psychology
10.3389/fpsyg.2016.00316
27065895
1664-1078
wos2016:2019
316
WOS:000372867900001
Clahsen, H (reprint author), Univ Potsdam, Potsdam Res Inst Multilingualism, Potsdam, Germany., clahsen@uni-potsdam.de
Alexander-von-Humboldt Professorship; Kwansei Gakuin University Research Grant (A); Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft; University of Potsdam; [24520484]
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Yoko Nakano
Yu Ikemoto
Gunnar Jacob
Harald Clahsen
eng
uncontrolled
morphologically complex words
eng
uncontrolled
morpho-orthography
eng
uncontrolled
decompositon
eng
uncontrolled
Japanese
eng
uncontrolled
kanji
eng
uncontrolled
kana
Referiert
Department Linguistik
Import
Institut für Linguistik / Allgemeine Sprachwissenschaft