Age of Acquisition Effects in Chinese Word Processing

2007 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brendan S. Weekes ◽  
Youyi Liu ◽  
Shu Hua ◽  
Ping Li
Keyword(s):  
Word Processing ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Chinese Word

Current Developments in Chinese Word-Processing

1987 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 20-27
Author(s):  
Cornelis J. Kuiken
Keyword(s):  
Word Processing ◽  
Chinese Word

scholarly journals Two words as one: A multi-naming investigation of the age-of-acquisition effect in compound word processing

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Medhat Elsherif ◽  
Jon Catling ◽  
Steven Frisson
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Naming Latency ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Naming Task ◽  
Compound Word ◽  
Compound Words ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Complex Words

Previous research has shown that early-acquired words are produced faster than late-acquired words (see Juhasz, 2005). Juhasz and colleagues (Juhasz, Lai & Woodcock, 2015; Juhasz, 2018) argue that the Age-of-Acquisition (AoA) loci for complex words, specifically compound words, are found at the lexical/semantic level. In the current study, two experiments were conducted to evaluate this claim and investigate the influence of AoA in reading compound words aloud. In Experiment 1, 48 participants completed a word naming task. Using general linear mixed modelling, we found that the age at which the compound word was learned significantly affected the naming latencies beyond the other psycholinguistic properties measured. The second experiment required 48 participants to name the compound word when the two morphemes were presented with a space in-between (combinatorial naming, e.g. air plane). We found that the age at which the compound word was learned, as well as the AoA of the individual morphemes that formed the compound word, significantly influenced combinatorial naming latency. These findings are discussed in relation to theories of the AoA in language processing.

Resting state neural networks for visual Chinese word processing in Chinese adults and children

2013 ◽  
Vol 51 (8) ◽  
pp. 1571-1583 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ling Li ◽  
Jiangang Liu ◽  
Feiyan Chen ◽  
Lu Feng ◽  
Hong Li ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Neural Networks ◽  
Resting State ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Chinese Word ◽  
Chinese Adults ◽  
Adults And Children

AoA effects in reading aloud and lexical decision: Locating the (semantic) locus in terms of the number of backward semantic associations

2020 ◽  
Vol 73 (11) ◽  
pp. 2036-2044
Author(s):  
Michael J Cortese ◽  
Sean Toppi ◽  
Maya M Khanna ◽  
Jonathan B Santo
Keyword(s):  
Lexical Decision ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Computational Models ◽  
Reading Aloud ◽  
Free Association ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Semantic Associations ◽  
Network Plasticity ◽  
Analyse Data ◽  
Subject Ratings

In the present study, we analyse data from the English Lexicon Project to assess the extent to which age of acquisition (AoA) effects on word processing stem from the number of semantic associations tied to a word. We show that the backward number of associates (bNoA; that is, the log transformed number of words that produce the target word in free association) is an important predictor of both lexical decision and reading aloud performance, and reduces the typical AoA effect as represented by subject ratings in both tasks. Although the AoA effect is reduced, it remains a significant predictor of performance above and beyond bNoA. We conclude that the semantic locus of AoA effects can be found in the number of backward connections to the word, and that the independent AoA effect is due to network plasticity. We discuss how computational models currently explain AoA effects, and how bNoA may affect their processing.

scholarly journals Two words as one: A multi-naming investigation of the age-of-acquisition effect in compound-word processing

2019 ◽  
Vol 48 (4) ◽  
pp. 511-525 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mahmoud Medhat Elsherif ◽  
Jon C. Catling ◽  
Steven Frisson
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Naming Latency ◽  
Age Of Acquisition ◽  
Naming Task ◽  
Compound Word ◽  
Compound Words ◽  
Semantic Level ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Complex Words

AbstractPrevious research has shown that early-acquired words are produced faster than late-acquired words. Juhasz and colleagues (Juhasz, Lai & Woodcock, Behavior Research Methods, 47 (4), 1004-1019, 2015; Juhasz, The Quarterly Journal of Experimental Psychology, 1-10, 2018) argue that the Age-of-Acquisition (AoA) loci for complex words, specifically compound words, are found at the lexical/semantic level. In the current study, two experiments were conducted to evaluate this claim and investigate the influence of AoA in reading compound words aloud. In Experiment 1, 48 participants completed a word naming task. Using general linear mixed modelling, we found that the age at which the compound word was learned significantly affected the naming latencies beyond the other psycholinguistic properties measured. The second experiment required 48 participants to name the compound word when the two morphemes were presented with a space in-between (combinatorial naming, e.g. air plane). We found that the age at which the compound word was learned, as well as the AoA of the individual morphemes that formed the compound word, significantly influenced combinatorial naming latency. These findings are discussed in relation to theories of the AoA in language processing.

Schizophrenia, culture and neuropsychology: sensory deficits, language impairments and social functioning in Chinese-speaking schizophrenia patients

2011 ◽  
Vol 42 (7) ◽  
pp. 1485-1494 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. Yang ◽  
S. Chen ◽  
C.-M. Chen ◽  
F. Khan ◽  
G. Forchelli ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Language Processing ◽  
Auditory Processing ◽  
Employment Status ◽  
Emotional Processing ◽  
Word Processing ◽  
Word Identification ◽  
Social Outcomes ◽  
Chinese Word ◽  
Western Language ◽  
Word Discrimination

BackgroundWhile 20% of schizophrenia patients worldwide speak tonal languages (e.g. Mandarin), studies are limited to Western-language patients. Western-language patients show tonal deficits that are related to impaired emotional processing of speech. However, language processing is minimally affected. In contrast, in Mandarin, syllables are voiced in one of four tones, with word meaning varying accordingly. We hypothesized that Mandarin-speaking schizophrenia patients would show impairments in underlying basic auditory processing that, unlike in Western groups, would relate to deficits in word recognition and social outcomes.MethodAltogether, 22 Mandarin-speaking schizophrenia patients and 44 matched healthy participants were recruited from New York City. The auditory tasks were: (1) tone matching; (2) distorted tunes; (3) Chinese word discrimination; (4) Chinese word identification. Social outcomes were measured by marital status, employment and most recent employment status.ResultsPatients showed deficits in tone-matching, distorted tunes, word discrimination and word identification versus controls (all p<0.0001). Impairments in tone-matching across groups correlated with both word identification (p<0.0001) and discrimination (p<0.0001). On social outcomes, tonally impaired patients had ‘lower-status’ jobs overall when compared with tonally intact patients (p<0.005) and controls (p<0.0001).ConclusionsOur study is the first to investigate an interaction between neuropsychology and language among Mandarin-speaking schizophrenia patients. As predicted, patients were highly impaired in both tone and auditory word processing, with these two measures significantly correlated. Tonally impaired patients showed significantly worse employment-status function than tonally intact patients, suggesting a link between sensory impairment and employment status outcome. While neuropsychological deficits appear similar cross-culturally, their consequences may be language- and culture-dependent.

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