The Effects of Character Complexity on Recognizing Chinese Character  

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Qian, Gaoyin ; Reinking, David ; Yang, Ronglan

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Contemporary Educational Psychology vol. 19 no. 02 (Apr. 1994), page 155-166.
Topik: complexity theory; study; chinese character; recognizing; character; complexity

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: C15 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This study investigated the effects of varying the complexity of written Chinese characters in a lexical decision task. Forty Adult Chinese Students (20 from Mainland China and 20 from Taiwan) participated in the study. Subjects responded to individual characters presented by a tachistoscope and classified as simplified legal, complex legal, and illegal. Reaction times and correct responses by nationality were analyzed using analysis of variance and multiple regression. One result indicates that the number of strokes in a Chinese character affects reaction time when subjects identify characters they most often read. This result is consistent with well-documented findings that the numbers of letters in English words affect processing time. However, another result indicates that the fewer number of strokes in simplified characters did not lead to faster reaction times when compared to complex characters. The theoretical implications of the results are discussed in terms of how basic perceptual processes may interact with the characteristics of orthography to maintain optimal processing speed during reading.

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