Xiong Jianping, Zhang Yujie, Ju Ping
Department of Psychology, Faculty of Education, Henan Normal University, Xinxiang, China.
Front Psychol. 2021 Nov 10;12:727894. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2021.727894. eCollection 2021.
There are still inconsistencies as to whether frequency and orthographic neighborhood size affect the reading and recognition of Chinese words. In addition, research on Chinese reading still adheres to the view that "all skilled readers read in the same way" and pays little attention to the influence of individual differences in linguistic skills on word recognition. In this research, we studied the recognition of Chinese two-character words in a lexical decision task (LDT) by manipulating neighborhood size and word frequency and controlling the frequency of the initial constituent character. Individual differences in linguistic skills were assessed through tests of spelling and reading comprehension. The results showed that: (1) A larger orthographic neighborhood size of the initial character had a facilitative effect on Chinese word recognition. The orthographic neighborhood size effect is modulated by word frequency, but this modulation effect was not stable. (2) Spelling and reading comprehension skills are good indicators to assess individual differences in Chinese linguistic skills, and they are significantly correlated. (3) Individual differences in linguistic skills influence the neighborhood size effect, which is moderated by word frequency.
关于频率和正字法邻域大小是否会影响中文单词的阅读和识别，仍然存在不一致的观点。此外，中文阅读研究仍然坚持“所有熟练读者的阅读方式相同”这一观点，很少关注语言技能的个体差异对单词识别的影响。在本研究中，我们通过操纵邻域大小和单词频率，并控制首字成分的频率，在词汇判断任务（LDT）中研究了中文双字词的识别。通过拼写和阅读理解测试评估语言技能的个体差异。结果表明：（1）首字的正字法邻域越大，对中文单词识别有促进作用。正字法邻域大小效应受单词频率调节，但这种调节效应不稳定。（2）拼写和阅读理解技能是评估中文语言技能个体差异的良好指标，且二者显著相关。（3）语言技能的个体差异影响邻域大小效应，该效应受单词频率调节。
