doi: 10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.1.376
The Role of Phonological Priming in Backward Priming Effects of Chinese Four-Character Words
Yanjing Zhang *
- Department of English, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China.
Abstract
The backward priming effect is found in themasked lexical decision tasks deploying Chinese four-characterwords as targets and the backward-presented words as primes.To explore whether phonology plays a role in this backwardpriming effect, we conducted two experiments using the maskedpriming lexical decision tasks. Thirty-two and sixty-three nativeChinese speakers participated in the two experiments.Experiment 1 was designed to investigate the phonologicalpriming in backward conditions and to ensure the exclusion ofphonology in Experiment 1, the primes were presented forwardin Experiment 2. The results showed that no significantphonological priming effect was found whether the primes werebackward-presented or forward-presented. Therefore, it can beconcluded that phonological priming did not contribute to thebackward priming effect in lexical decision tasks.
Keywords
- Backward priming effects
- Chinese fourcharacterwords
- phonological priming
How to Cite
Yanjing Zhang, "The Role of Phonological Priming in Backward Priming Effects of Chinese Four-Character Words," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics, vol. 9, no. 1, pp. 21-27, 2023. https://doi.org/10.18178/IJLLL.2023.9.1.376
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