Reading in Chinese: some preliminary studies.

• Other Authors: Chinese University of Hong Kong Graduate School. Division of Psychology.
• Format: Others
• Language: English
• Published: Chinese University of Hong Kong 1995
• Subjects: Chinese language > Psychological aspects; Reading comprehension; Visual perception
• Online Access: http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5888452; http://repository.lib.cuhk.edu.hk/en/item/cuhk-320624

by Au-Yeung Lai Hung. === Running title: Chinese reading. === Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1995. === Includes bibliographical references (leaves 125-130). === Acknowledgements === Abstract === Table of Contents === List of Tables === List of Figures === List of Appendices === Introduction --- p.1 === The Chinese Language and Some of Its Major Features --- p.4 === The Role of Parafoveal Visual Information in Chinese Reading: Implications on Eye Movement Control and the Characteristics of the Perceptual Span --- p.7 === General Views of Language Comprehension Processes --- p.13 === General theoretical backgrounds --- p.13 === Functional roles of Chinese word categories --- p.18 === Research Problems and Method --- p.20 === Experiment I --- p.23 === Method --- p.27 === Results and Discussion --- p.32 === "Comprehension performance, reading time, and reading efficiency" --- p.32 === Component processes in Chinese reading --- p.40 === Overall mean RT analyses --- p.42 === Separate analyses for each session --- p.47 === Experiment II --- p.51 === Method --- p.58 === Results and Discussion --- p.60 === Comprehension performance and reading time --- p.60 === Component processes in various display conditions --- p.66 === Experiment III --- p.73 === Method --- p.76 === Results --- p.80 === Results for SVO sentence structure --- p.81 === Results for SOV sentence structure --- p.88 === Results for OSV sentence structure --- p.96 === Discussion --- p.103 === Lexical access and sentence comprehension --- p.103 === Verb violation --- p.105 === Noun violation --- p.108 === Clause boundary effect --- p.111 === Differential effects of the types of violation on word types --- p.113 === The interactive nature of Chinese processing --- p.113 === Evaluations of the results from various word orders --- p.114 === General Conclusion --- p.116 === References --- p.125 === Appendices --- p.131