关键词: 语音通达, 整字, 邻近字, “整字优先”原则, “高频优先”原则

Abstract: Two experiments were conducted to probe the following issues: (1). Is the phonological processing in Chinese character identification a multi-level (phonograms and their neighbors) processing? (2). Whether the multi-level phonological processing is general in both high and low frequency character identification; (3). How is the interaction of phonological activation of phonogram and their neighbors?Using homophones as primes and naming as task, at 3 kinds of SOA (56ms, 84ms 140ms), we varied the friend value in Experiment 1 while the enemy value in Experiment 2. The experimental results showed that, at the early stage of character identification, both high and low frequency primes showed priming effect, but low frequency phonograms took a longer time to access their phonology. The high frequency primes showed significant priming effect on target identification at 56ms SOA, while the low frequency primes showed significant effect at 84ms SOA condition. The results also illustrated that the phonological activation of neighbors became available at 84ms SOA, and it had significant effect on the priming effect of primes with low frequency. The high value of friend neighbors boosted while the high value of enemy neighbors reduced the facilitary effect on target identification. The interaction between phonograms and their neighbors was determined by their related frequency, and we assumed that the interaction was run by the principles of “whole characters dominating” and “high frequency dominating”.

Key words: phonological access, phonograms, neighbors, “whole character dominates” principle, “high frequency dominates” principle