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higher reliability and validity.
1098.168 Is there exists interaction of lexical selection and phonological encoding in Chinese
monosyllabic word production? Qingfang Zhang, Yufang Yang, Institute of Psychology, Chinese
Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China
The interaction of lexical selection and phonological encoding in Chinese monosyllabic word
production was investigated using the classic picture-word interference paradigm. The basic
manipulation was to change the relationship between an interfering word and picture name, while
altered the interval between picture and distractor word (Stimulus Onset Asynchronys, SOAs).
The results indicated that there exist multiple orthographic activations and feedback from
orthographic to semantic level. No multiple semantic activations were detected probably due to
the experimental materials. These results were in line with the interaction activation model of
word production.
1098.169 Hemispheric asymmetry in solving lexical ambiguity in Chinese, Zhijin Zhou,
Yongming Chen, Xianfeng Ding, Lie Zhao, China
Two experiments were conducted to investigate lexical ambiguity resolution in Chinese. Semantic
priming paradigm and lexical decision task were employed in the experiments. The probe words
were presented in left or right visual field in experiment 2. Experiment 1 showed priming of
dominant meanings in short SOA, and priming of both dominant and subordinate meanings in
long SOA. Experiment 2 showed priming of dominant meanings in the right hemisphere in short
SOA. In long SOA, it was only showed priming of dominant meanings in right hemisphere, and
priming of all meanings in left hemisphere.
1098.170 The immediate processing of Chinese discourse comprehension, Suiping Wang,
Hsuan-Chih Chen, Lei Mo, Jinmian Yang, South China Normal University, China
In three experiments, we examined whether readers could make integration of related background
information immediately during Chinese discourse processing. In experiment 1 and 2, using line
by line reading paradigm, readers were immediately noticing a contradiction on target line no
matter whether it is a full sentence or not. In experiment 3, subjects’ eye movements were
recorded during reading, and the data showed that readers could also detect the inconsistence
immediately and carrying out extra processing right at the target position. These results indicated
that integration processes start very rapidly in Chinese discourse comprehension.
1098.171 Mental representation and acquisition of Chinese classifiers, Henrik Saalbach 1 ,
Elsbeth Stern 1 , Xiaolin Zhou 2 , 1 Max-Planck-Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany;
2
Peking University, Beijing, China
The study targets the impact of classifiers, i.e. lexico-syntactic structures providing
language-inherent classification in Chinese, on categorization. Chinese adult participants show
significant classifier bias: within lexical decision paradigm, response to the target word is faster
when it is preceded by a picture of object sharing same classifier. German control data are
currently sampled. In a developmental study, 120 Chinese children’s comprehension, production,
discrimination and generalization of classifiers was tested (ages 3-6). Assignment of classifiers
just heard even to artificial objects is managed at age 3; production and discrimination abilities
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