Kim, Say Young
(2007)
Visual, Lexical, and Contextual Factors Affecting Word Identification During the Reading of Korean.
Master's Thesis, University of Pittsburgh.
(Unpublished)
Abstract
In order to assess the role of visual, lexical, and contextual information on word identification in Korean, a self-paced reading experiment was conducted. The effects of word length (i.e., number of visual features, letters, phonemes, and syllables), frequency of occurrences in printed text, and word predictability were examined. It was found that the number of syllables and the number of visual features affected reading times significantly, but the other sub-lexical units (i.e., phonemes and letters) did not. Word frequency and predictability affected reading times respectively; however, the interaction between these two variables did not. The results imply that Korean word identification during reading can be affected highly by word frequency and relatively weakly by word predictability. Word frequency also interacted with word length, which is consistent with previous studies. It is concluded that in Korean the relevant processing unit, in the context of reading a sentence, is the syllable, taking internal structure variations into account.
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University of Pittsburgh ETD
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| Status: |
Unpublished |
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| Date: |
23 January 2007 |
| Date Type: |
Completion |
| Defense Date: |
27 April 2006 |
| Approval Date: |
23 January 2007 |
| Submission Date: |
7 December 2006 |
| Access Restriction: |
No restriction; Release the ETD for access worldwide immediately. |
| Institution: |
University of Pittsburgh |
| Schools and Programs: |
Dietrich School of Arts and Sciences > Psychology |
| Degree: |
MS - Master of Science |
| Thesis Type: |
Master's Thesis |
| Refereed: |
Yes |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
context effect; Korean; word frequency; word identification; word length |
| Other ID: |
http://etd.library.pitt.edu/ETD/available/etd-12072006-213523/, etd-12072006-213523 |
| Date Deposited: |
10 Nov 2011 20:08 |
| Last Modified: |
15 Nov 2016 13:53 |
| URI: |
http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/10146 |
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