Psychological Science ›› 2013, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (1): 14-19.

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Effects of Phonetic Radicals and Pattern of Stroke Removal on Identification of Chinese Phonograms

  

  • Received:2011-07-09 Revised:2012-05-29 Online:2013-01-20 Published:2013-02-26
  • Contact: Guo-Li Yan

声旁与笔画省略方式对形声字识别的影响

闫国利1,迟慧2,卞迁3,3,徐子珺3,3,崔磊3,3   

  1. 1. 天津师范大学心理与行为研究院
    2. 天津师范大学
    3.
  • 通讯作者: 闫国利
  • 基金资助:
    国家社会科学基金项目“中文阅读基本信息单元的眼动研究”;教育部人文社会科学重点研究基地重大项目“中文阅读中的眼动控制与阅读障碍的学生的眼动研究”

Abstract: Two naming experiments are conducted to investigate the effects of phonetic radicals and pattern of stroke removal on identification of Chinese phonogram. A 2×3 within-participants design was used to examine left-right structure phonograms in Experiment 1. One independent variable was the position of phonetic radicals (left side and right side), and the other was the pattern of stroke removal (beginning stroke removal, ending stroke removal, normal character). The analyses were based on measures of reaction time and accuracy rate. The results show that (1) Significant difference was found among the stroke removal patterns(p<.001). Reading normal characters is easiest, whilst characters with beginning strokes removed were most difficult to name. (2) Significant difference of the position of phonetic radicals was also obtained(p<.001). The character with phonetic radical on the left side had shorter reaction time and higher accuracy rate than that on the right side. (3)There was a significant interaction between the two factors(p<.001). When the phonetic radical was on the right side of the character, the result was reversed: the reaction time of the characters with ending strokes removed was longer and the accuracy rate was lower. It indicates that if the ending strokes removed is the phonetic radical, the stroke removal effect will disappear, which reflects the important role of phonetic radicals on identification of Chinese phonograms. To verify the universality of the result in Experiment 1, Experiment 2 examines the identification of Chinese up-down structure phonograms and also the 2×3 within-participants design was used. The result of Experiment 2 is similar to that of Experiment 1, and the tendency was more obvious. Experiment 2 shows that (1) Significant difference of stroke removal pattern was also observed like Experiment 1(p<.001). (2)There was no significant difference of the position of phonetic radicals(p>.05). (3) There was also significant interaction between the two factors(p<.001). The effect was the same as the Experiment 1 and is stronger than that. The results in both Experiment 1 and Experiment 2 verify the stroke removal effect which is consistent with the results of the prior studies. More importantly, the present study indicates that phonetic radicals play an important role in identification of Chinese phonograms. According to the dual route model, there exists a phonetic activation on identification of Chinese phonograms.

Key words: Chinese phonograms identification, Phonetic radicals, Stroke removal

摘要: 本研究通过两个实验,考察笔画省略方式和声旁对形声字识别的影响。实验一采用命名任务考察了声旁和三种笔画省略方式(省前、略后、不省)对左右结构形声字识别的影响。结果表明存在笔画顺序效应和声旁位置效应,并发现略后的笔画中有声旁,笔画顺序效应会消失。这说明声旁的作用抵消了笔画顺序效应,体现了声旁在形声字识别中的重要作用;实验二在实验一的基础上,采用上下结构的形声字,实验结果表现出了相同的趋势,且更加显著。

关键词: 形声字识别, 声旁, 省略笔画