Parafoveal semantic information extraction in traditional Chinese reading
- Semantic information extraction from the parafovea has been reported only in simplified Chinese for a special subset of characters and its generalizability has been questioned. This study uses traditional Chinese, which differs from simplified Chinese in visual complexity and in mapping semantic forms, to demonstrate access to parafoveal semantic information during reading of this script. Preview duration modulates various types (identical, phonological, and unrelated) of parafoveal information extraction. Parafoveal semantic extraction is more elusive in English; therefore, we conclude that such effects in Chinese are presumably caused by substantial cross-language differences from alphabetic scripts. The property of Chinese characters carrying rich lexical information in a small region provides the possibility of semantic extraction in the parafovea.
Author details: | Jie-Li Tsai, Reinhold KlieglORCiDGND, Ming YanORCiDGND |
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DOI: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.actpsy.2012.06.004 |
ISSN: | 0001-6918 |
ISSN: | 1873-6297 |
Title of parent work (English): | Acta psychologica : international journal of psychonomics |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Place of publishing: | Amsterdam |
Publication type: | Article |
Language: | English |
Year of first publication: | 2012 |
Publication year: | 2012 |
Release date: | 2017/03/26 |
Tag: | Chinese reading; Eye movements; Semantic preview benefit |
Volume: | 141 |
Issue: | 1 |
Number of pages: | 7 |
First page: | 17 |
Last Page: | 23 |
Organizational units: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Strukturbereich Kognitionswissenschaften / Department Psychologie |
Peer review: | Referiert |
Institution name at the time of the publication: | Humanwissenschaftliche Fakultät / Institut für Psychologie |