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Morphological Processing in Korean Word Recognition

The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology / The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, (P)1226-9654; (E)2733-466X
1999, v.11 no.1, pp.77-91
Kwangoh Yi (Department of Psychology, Yeungnam University)
Insun Yi (Department of Psychology, Yeungnam University)
Yi, K., & Yi, I. (1999). Morphological Processing in Korean Word Recognition. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 11(1), 77-91.

Abstract

In two experiments, the representation and processing of disyllabic Hanja words written in Hangul were studied. Hanja words are originated from China and Japan, but are in these days generally written in Hangul, the Korean script. Each syllable in Hanja words represents a bound morpheme and many Hanja morphemes are written as an identical Hangul syllable. Experiment 1 was a repetition priming experiment using the lexical decision task and the materials presented at long lags. The prime-target pairs were either identical("반항"-"반항"), morphologically related("반칙"-"반항"), orthographically related("반장"-"반항"), or unrelated("공개"-"반항"). Significant facilitation was obtained only for morphologically related prime-target pairs. Experiment 2 was a short-term priming experiment using the lexical decision task and the same materials. The morphological facilitation effect obtained in Experiment 1 disappeared, but significant inhibition effect was obtained for orthographically related pairs. The overall results were interpreted in terms of an interactive activation model, and the individual difference in morphological processing and the position effect of morphemes in Hanja words were discussed.

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