The Japanese mental lexicon [[electronic resource] ] : psycholinguistics studies of kana and kanji processing / / Joseph F. Kess, Tadao Miyamoto

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910457184703321
• Autore: Kess Joseph F
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam ; ; Philadelphia, : J. Benjamins Pub. Co., 1999
• ISBN: 1-283-42387-1; 9786613423870; 90-272-7418-5
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (276 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): MiyamotoTadao <1930->
• Disciplina: 495.6/01/9
• Soggetti: Japanese language - Psychological aspects; Japanese language - Orthography and spelling; Psycholinguistics; Electronic books.
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: THE JAPANESE MENTAL LEXICON; Title page; Copyright page; Table of Contents; Preface; Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION; INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS; THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGY; THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK; Chapter 2. A HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE ORTHOGRAPHY; INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS; KANJI SCRIPT; Kanji History; Kanji Policies; Kanji Frequencies; Diachronic Factors in Kanji Frequencies; Kanji in the Computer Age; KANA SCRIPTS; Chapter 3. KANJI PROCESSING; INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS; THE STRUCTURE OF KANJI WORDS; Kanji Architecture; On-readings vs. Kun-readingsSimple Kanji vs. Complex Kanji; Kanji Attributes; PHONOLOGICAL INFORMATION IN KANJI WORDS; Interference from Concurrent Vocalization; Relevant Chinese Studies; Summary Conclusions; SEMANTIC INFORMATION IN KANJI WORDS; Function of Semantic Radicals; Interaction of Phonological and Semantic Information; Collocational Possibilities; Summary Conclusions; COMPOUND KANJI; Introduction; Whole-Word Access; Sub-Lexical ; Access; Summary Conclusions; KINETIC INFORMATION IN KANJI WORDS; FONT-TYPE INFORMATION IN PROCESSING KANJI WORDS; Chapter 4. ΚΑΝΑ PROCESSING; INTRODUCTORY COMMENTSSYLLABARY INVENTORIES; PROCESSING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN KANA TYPES?; Katakana vs. Hiragana Vocabularies?; Orthographic Attributes of Katakana vs. Hiragana; DIRECT ACCESS FOR ΚΑΝΑ; THE ISSUE OF SCRIPT FAMILIARITY FOR ΚΑΝΑ; Script Variation; ScriptType Frequency; Addressed or Assembled Phonological Route?; Script Type Effects; Memory and Recall; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 5. ROMAJI PROCESSING; ROMAJI; Romaji Usage; LI Script Transfer Effect; Transliteration Systems; Chapter 6. KANJI-KÀNA MIXED TEXTS; KANJI-KANA MAJIRI-BUN; Kana-only vs. Kanji-mixed Texts; NON-LINGUISTIC SYMBOLS; STROOPTEST RESULTSCONCLUSIONS; Chapter 7. ACQUISITION OF ORTHOGRAPHY SKILLS; ORTHOGRAPHY SKILLS AND READING; ΚΑΝΑ ACQUISITION; Segmentation Skills and Script Type; Measuring Skilled Readers; KANJI ACQUISITION; Kanji Attributes; Kanji Curriculum; Asymmetry between Writing and Reading Abilities; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS OF READING SKILLS AND READING DISABILITIES; Non-existence of Japanese Dyslexics?; Characterization of 'Reading Disabilities'; Implications from Studies of Other Impairments; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 8. EYE-MOVEMENT STUDIES; INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS; EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN EYE-MOVEMENT STUDIESBasic Eye Movements; Experimental Methods; EYE-MOVEMENT STUDIES IN JAPANESE; Regular Kanji-based Texts; Kanji-based Texts vs. Kana-only Texts; Vertical Texts vs. Horizontal Texts; Scrolling Speed and Window Size; CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 9. LATERALITY; INTRODUCTION; DICHOTOMOUS VIEWS OF LATERALITY IN KANA/KANJI PROCESSING; The Origin of the Dichotomous View; Kana Processing; Kanji Processing; FUNCTIONAL FACTORS IN LATERALITY PREFERENCES; Experimental Variables; Examination of Tasks Involved; Summary Conclusions; CLINICAL STUDIES; Universality; Right Hemisphere Contribution
• Sommario/riassunto: This book surveys the psycholinguistic dimensions of lexical access to the mental lexicon in Japanese, and attempts to synthesize the diversity of Japanese psycholinguistic research into the nature of written word processing in Japanese. Ten chapters focus on the nature of such psycholinguistic inquiry and its history, the structural origins of the Japanese script types and their relative frequencies, lexical access studies in kanji, the hiragana and katakana syllabaries, romaji, and mixed text processing, laterality preferences in kana/kanji processing and their implications for scientific di