The role of text familiarity in Chinese word segmentation and Chinese vocabulary recognition

doi:10.3724/SP.J.1041.2022.01151

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Acta Psychologica Sinica ›› 2022, Vol. 54 ›› Issue (10): 1151-1166.doi: 10.3724/SP.J.1041.2022.01151

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The role of text familiarity in Chinese word segmentation and Chinese vocabulary recognition

CHEN Mingjing, WANG Yongsheng, ZHAO Bingjie, LI Xin, BAI Xuejun

Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences of the Ministry of Education, Academy of Psychology and Behavior, Tianjin Normal University; Faculty of Psychology, Tianjin Normal University; Tianjin Social Science Laboratory of Students’ Mental Development and Learning, Tianjin 300387, China

Published:2022-08-25 Online:2022-08-24

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CHEN Mingjing, WANG Yongsheng, ZHAO Bingjie, LI Xin, BAI Xuejun. (2022). The role of text familiarity in Chinese word segmentation and Chinese vocabulary recognition. Acta Psychologica Sinica, 54(10), 1151-1166.

Indexes	Unspaced		Inter-character spaced		Inter-word spaced		Non-word spaced
Indexes	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text
Average Fixation Duration (ms)	262 (43)	260 (37)	236 (34)	237 (34)	241 (39)	236 (37)	242 (36)	243 (37)
Fixation Count	14.4 (5.55)	10.60 (3.52)	15.68 (5.60)	12.17 (3.96)	14.11 (5.14)	11.16 (3.66)	14.86 (5.31)	11.77 (4.07)
Total Time (ms)	4385 (1817)	3116 (1087)	4412 (1732)	3313 (1103)	3993 (1583)	3043 (1034)	4312 (1749)	3266 (1122)
Reading Speed (Character/s)	4.31 (2.11)	5.55 (1.98)	4.17 (1.85)	5.20 (1.78)	4.60 (2.04)	5.65 (1.87)	4.33 (2.01)	5.25 (1.88)

Indexes	Unspaced		Inter-character spaced		Inter-word spaced		Non-word spaced
Indexes	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text	Unfamiliar text	Familiar text
Average Fixation Duration (ms)	262 (43)	260 (37)	236 (34)	237 (34)	241 (39)	236 (37)	242 (36)	243 (37)
Fixation Count	14.4 (5.55)	10.60 (3.52)	15.68 (5.60)	12.17 (3.96)	14.11 (5.14)	11.16 (3.66)	14.86 (5.31)	11.77 (4.07)
Total Time (ms)	4385 (1817)	3116 (1087)	4412 (1732)	3313 (1103)	3993 (1583)	3043 (1034)	4312 (1749)	3266 (1122)
Reading Speed (Character/s)	4.31 (2.11)	5.55 (1.98)	4.17 (1.85)	5.20 (1.78)	4.60 (2.04)	5.65 (1.87)	4.33 (2.01)	5.25 (1.88)

Indexes	Word Frequency	Before training from left to right	Before training from right to left	After training from right to left
FFD(ms)	High Frequency	242(73)	276(97)	278(80)
FFD(ms)	Low Frequency	266(88)	280(100)	282(86)
SFD(ms)	High Frequency	241(73)	272(93)	275(78)
SFD(ms)	Low Frequency	264(86)	276(100)	280(84)
GD(ms)	High Frequency	274(109)	387(184)	348(157)
GD(ms)	Low Frequency	327(146)	427(208)	395(190)
TT(ms)	High Frequency	369(183)	616(333)	471(281)
TT(ms)	Low Frequency	484 (257)	742(385)	609(339)

Indexes	Word Frequency	Before training from left to right	Before training from right to left	After training from right to left
FFD(ms)	High Frequency	242(73)	276(97)	278(80)
FFD(ms)	Low Frequency	266(88)	280(100)	282(86)
SFD(ms)	High Frequency	241(73)	272(93)	275(78)
SFD(ms)	Low Frequency	264(86)	276(100)	280(84)
GD(ms)	High Frequency	274(109)	387(184)	348(157)
GD(ms)	Low Frequency	327(146)	427(208)	395(190)
TT(ms)	High Frequency	369(183)	616(333)	471(281)
TT(ms)	Low Frequency	484 (257)	742(385)	609(339)

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