Predictability impacts word and character processing in Chinese reading: Evidence from eye movements

Liu, Zhifang; Tong, Wen; Zhang, Zhijun; Ya-jun, Zhao

doi:10.3724/sp.j.1041.2020.01031

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“…The average accuracy rate for all participants was 92.08%, indicating that the subjects read and understood the sentences carefully. Referring to the existing literature [ 21 , 34 , 43 , 53 ], the data were eliminated according to the following criteria: (1) any fixation duration shorter than 80 ms or longer than 1,200 ms, (2) the data less than 5 fixation points during reading, (3) the data with fixation exceeding 3 standard deviations (the average deletion rate was 3.40%), and (4) trials in which there was a blink when the eye first passed through the boundary or fixed at the target word and trials in which the display change were premature or delayed (20.79%). See Table 3 for the means and standard deviation of each indication of the target word.…”

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“…Compared with a low-constrained context, a high-constrained context had greater limits on target words, activated a smaller scope, and had more features of the target words. As such, the target words were more easily integrated and understood, which promoted the processing of these target words [ 53 ]. These results are consistent with previous research results indicating that contextual information could promote lexical processing in different languages [ 25 , 34 , 44 , 62 – 66 ].…”

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Examining the extraction of parafoveal semantic information in Tibetan

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This study conducted two experiments to investigate the extraction of semantic preview information from the parafovea in Tibetan reading. In Experiment 1, a single-factor (preview type: identical vs. semantically related vs. unrelated) within-subject experimental design was used to investigate whether there is a parafoveal semantic preview effect (SPE) in Tibetan reading. Experiment 2 used a 2 (contextual constraint: high vs. low) × 3 (preview type: identical vs. semantically related vs. unrelated) within-subject experimental design to investigate the influence of contextual constraint on the parafoveal semantic preview effect in Tibetan reading. Supporting the E-Z reader model, the experimental results showed that in Tibetan reading, readers could not obtain semantic preview information from the parafovea, and contextual constraint did not influence this process. However, comparing high- and low-constrained contexts, the latter might be more conducive to extracting semantic preview information from the parafovea.

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Examining the extraction of parafoveal semantic information in Tibetan

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“…There are also many studies on the interaction between context predictability and other factors, as follows: Liu et al (2020) explored how context predictability affects Chinese vocabulary processing in reading by observing the interaction between context predictability, whole word frequency, and Chinese character frequency. The results showed that context predictability, whole word frequency, and first character frequency affect vocabulary processing relatively independently; contextual predictability directly affects the processing of the second character within words.…”

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Prediction error cost exists in the reading processing of Chinese native speakers and advanced Chinese L2 learners

Feng

Jiang

2023

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This study applies the paradigm of self-paced reading to examine the Context Predictability Effect in the processing of Chinese and detect whether there is a prediction error cost. Context constraint strength (constraining and neutral) and word predictability (predictable and unpredictable) were strictly manipulated. The statistical results suggest that: (1) There is a Context Predictability Effect for Chinese native speakers in reading processing, which is consistent with most previous studies; (2) There is also a Context Predictability Effect for advanced Chinese L2 learners; (3) Both Chinese native speakers and Chinese L2 learners have a prediction error cost in reading processing, a finding different from those of much previous research. (4) Chinese L2 learners are significantly slower than Chinese native speakers when they conduct predictive reading processing. This paper is very enlightening in that it identifies the existence of a prediction error cost in Chinese L2 processing by means of behavioral experiments, providing evidence for the hypothesis of Lexical Prediction. In a strongly predictive setting, when encountering a plausible but unpredictable word, the brain must expend extra effort to suppress, revise, or reanalyze the material, and this may account for the prediction error cost.

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Predictability impacts word and character processing in Chinese reading: Evidence from eye movements

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Examining the extraction of parafoveal semantic information in Tibetan

Examining the extraction of parafoveal semantic information in Tibetan

Prediction error cost exists in the reading processing of Chinese native speakers and advanced Chinese L2 learners

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