Studies of Psychology and Behavior

Studies of Psychology and Behavior ›› 2014, Vol. 12 ›› Issue (6): 775-781.

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Effect of Word Segmentation on Japanese-Chinese and Chinese-Japanese Bilinguals′ Japanese Reading：Evidence from Eye Movements

Guo Zhiying1, Bai Xuejun1, Gu Li1, Wang Yongsheng1, Wang Lihong2   

  1. 1 Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300074;
    2 Foreign Languages College, Tianjin Normal University, Tianjin 300387
  • Received:2014-06-20 Online:2015-01-08 Published:2014-11-20

词切分对日-汉和汉-日双语者日语阅读影响的眼动研究*

郭志英1, 白学军1, 谷莉1, 王永胜1, 王丽红2   

  1. 1 天津师范大学心理与行为研究院,天津 300074;
    2 天津师范大学外国语学院,天津 300387
  • 通讯作者: 白学军,男,天津师范大学心理与行为研究院教授,博士生导师。E-mail: psy-bxj@mail.tjnu.edu.cn。
  • 作者简介:郭志英,女,天津师范大学心理与行为研究院博士生。
  • 基金资助:
    本研究得到全国教育科学“十一五”规划教育部重点课题（DBA090290）资助

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Abstract: To study the effect of word segmentation on Japanese-Chinese bilinguals and Chinese-Japanese bilinguals′ Japanese reading, 24 Japanese-Chinese bilinguals and 24 Chinese-Japanese bilinguals participated in the research, with their eye movements recorded using an SR research EyeLink 2000 eyetracker(sampling rate=1000 Hz). Two experiments were carried out. In experiment 1, three spacing conditions were included: normal unspaced condition; word spaced condition(text with spaces between words); and nonword spaced condition(text with spaces between characters that yielded nonwords). In experiment 2, highlighting was used to create analogous conditions: normal Chinese text, text with highlighting used to mark words, and text with highlighting that yielded nonwords. The results of the present study suggest that spacing is more useful in Japanese reading than highlighting cues for Chinese-Japanese bilinguals. The spaced-word might facilitate Japanese reading for Chinese-Japanese bilinguals.

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Key words: word segmentation, Japanese-Chinese bilinguals, Chinese-Japanese bilinguals, Japanese, eye movements.

摘要： 选取24名日-汉和24名汉-日双语者,采用EyeLink2000眼动仪,探讨日-汉和汉-日双语者阅读有词切分线索的日语文本的眼动特征,研究词切分线索对日-汉和汉-日双语者日语句子阅读的影响。研究包括两个实验。实验一采用三种词切分方式：正常条件、词间空格条件和非词条件。为了确保三种词切分条件下句子的空间分布一致,实验二采用灰条标记作为词或非词的边界。结果表明,日语文本中加入词间空格促进汉-日双语者日语文本的阅读。

关键词: 词切分, 日-汉双语者, 汉-日双语者, 日语, 眼动

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