The Role of Character Positional Probability During Chinese Reading: Evidence from Eye Movements of Uyghur Readers

doi:10.12139/j.1672-0628.2024.05.002

Abstract

Abstract: The present study used eye tracker technique to examine whether Uyghur readers with Chinese as second language utilizes character positional probability during Chinese reading. We manipulated the character positional probability of target words, such that half target words had both high probability of being the first character of words for the initial character and being the last character of words for the final character (HH), and the other half had both low probability of being the first character of words for the initial character and being the last character of words for the final character (LL). The results showed that Uyghur readers processed HH words more easily than LL words, with shorter regression path duration and total fixation time, lower regression in and regression out probabilities, fewer total fixation counts at HH words, and closer initial landing position to the center of HH words. Such effects were influenced by learning times of target words. In conclusion, Uyghur readers can utilize character positional probability information to facilitate their late lexical processing and saccade targeting during Chinese reading.

Key words: Uyghur readers, character positional probability, Chinese reading

摘要： 本研究以母语为维吾尔语、二语为汉语的大学生为研究对象，通过操纵目标词的首、尾词素位置概率，考察词素位置概率信息在维语大学生汉语句子阅读中的作用。结果发现，在总注视时间、回视路径时间、回视比率、总注视次数以及首次注视位置等指标上出现显著的词素位置概率效应，并且该效应受到目标词学习次数的影响。这表明词素位置概率可以促进维语读者词切分和词汇识别过程，出现在词汇加工晚期阶段；词素位置概率可以有效引导读者眼跳目标的选择和定位。

关键词: 维语读者, 词素位置概率, 汉语阅读

CLC Number:

B842

LI Xin, LONG Mengling, LIANG Feifei, WANG Yongsheng. The Role of Character Positional Probability During Chinese Reading: Evidence from Eye Movements of Uyghur Readers[J]. Studies of Psychology and Behavior, 2024, 22(5): 585-593.

李馨, 龙梦灵, 梁菲菲, 王永胜. 词素位置概率信息在汉语阅读中的作用：基于维语大学生的眼动证据[J]. 心理与行为研究, 2024, 22(5): 585-593.

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