Lexical
Representation of Kana in Japanese and Foreign Students
A. Komendzinska |
The
main purpose of this study was to examine whether or not the reading
of Katakana and Hiragana entails different types of information processing,
and whether highly familiar Katakana words can be read visually,
in a gestalt way. The study, consisting of two experiments, was designed
to compare the reading performance between native Japanese and foreign
readers. The results showed some fundamental differences in the structure
of the internal lexicon corresponding to Kana syllabaries between
Japanese and foreign students, and the tendency towards using phonetic
codes in reading Kana words in Japanese subjects, but not in foreign
ones.
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