Inhibitory effects of semantics of constituent kanji characters on semantic processing of Japanese kanji words

Mizuno Rika, Matsui Takao

doi:10.4992/jjpsy.89.17329

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構成漢字の意味が日本語漢字表記語の意味処理へ及ぼす抑制的影響
コウセイカンジノイミガニホンゴカンジヒョウキゴノイミショリエオヨボスヨクセイテキエイキョウ

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<p>This study explored the inhibitory effects of constituent kanji characters on the semantic processing of Japanese kanji words. We used a semantic categorization task in which participants judged whether words represented human entities (human words) or not (general words). Both types of words were composed of two kanji characters, and in half of the words, the second kanji character represented a human entity (human characters), while this was not the case in the other half. The mean semantic categorization time for general words with human characters was longer than it was for the other general words. Furthermore, the mean error rate for the former was higher than was that for the latter, indicating inhibitory effects of constituent kanji characters. However, the mean semantic categorization time and mean error rates for human words did not differ between those with and without human characters, indicating no facilitatory effects. Finally, a theory of semantic processing of Japanese kanji words explaining these results is proposed.</p>

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The Japanese journal of psychology

The Japanese journal of psychology 89 (4), 416-421, 2018

The Japanese Psychological Association

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