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Syllabic Processing and Letter Perception 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
1992, v.4, pp.36-51
Jung-Oh Kim (Department of Psychology, Seoul National University)
Jae-Kap Kim (Department of Psychology, Seoul National University)
Kim, J., & Kim, J. (1992). Syllabic Processing and Letter Perception in KOREAN Word Recognition. The Korean Journal of Cognitive and Biological Psychology, 4, 36-51.

Abstract

Perceptual processes concerned with syllables and letters were examined in a forced-choice task (Reicher, 1969). Experiment 1 showed the word superiority effect, the word inferiority effect or none of such effects, depending upon the size of the attention window in word-letter conditions. Also observed in this experiment was the word inferiority effect when choices should be made between alternative syllables. Experiments 2, 3 and 4 further explored the nature of letter perception in a syllable context. We consistently observed the syllable inferiority effects, particularly for the syllables with a last consonant. Type of syllables in their combinations of consonants and a vowel was found to be very important in producing the syllable inferiority effect. Our results were discussed in view of the interactive activation and the elementary perceiver-and-memorizer model.

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