Undergraduate Thesis: The locus of orthographic facilitation in speech production of Chinese

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TitleThe locus of orthographic facilitation in speech production of Chinese
AuthorsYeung, Sin-ting
楊倩婷
Issue Date2010
PublisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
AbstractThe study investigated the locus of orthographic facilitation using a Cantonese picture-word naming paradigm, a task in which participants were required to name a target picture while ignoring the written word distractor presented along. Seven distractor conditions of different picture-word relations were constructed. Fourty-eight local undergraduates were randomly assigned to 3 different stimulus-onset asynchrony (SOA) groups and took part in the picture naming tasks. It was found that orthographic facilitation occurred at -100ms, 0ms and 100ms; phonological facilitation occurred at 0ms and 100ms; while semantic interference occurred at 0ms. More importantly, interactive effect was observed between orthographic facilitation and semantic inhibition at -100ms and 0ms, which provided support to the hypothesis that orthographic facilitation has its locus lying in the semantic route of the functional model of reading and writing in Chinese. The results also favoured the lemma retrieval account over the name retrieval account.
Description"A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, April 29, 2010."
Includes bibliographical references.
Thesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2010.
DegreeBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences
SubjectSpeech -- Physiological aspects.
Dept/ProgramSpeech and Hearing Sciences
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dc.contributor.authorYeung, Sin-ting
dc.contributor.author楊倩婷
dc.date.accessioned2012-11-01T01:14:12Z
dc.date.available2012-11-01T01:14:12Z
dc.date.issued2010
dc.description.abstractThe study investigated the locus of orthographic facilitation using a Cantonese picture-word naming paradigm, a task in which participants were required to name a target picture while ignoring the written word distractor presented along. Seven distractor conditions of different picture-word relations were constructed. Fourty-eight local undergraduates were randomly assigned to 3 different stimulus-onset asynchrony (SOA) groups and took part in the picture naming tasks. It was found that orthographic facilitation occurred at -100ms, 0ms and 100ms; phonological facilitation occurred at 0ms and 100ms; while semantic interference occurred at 0ms. More importantly, interactive effect was observed between orthographic facilitation and semantic inhibition at -100ms and 0ms, which provided support to the hypothesis that orthographic facilitation has its locus lying in the semantic route of the functional model of reading and writing in Chinese. The results also favoured the lemma retrieval account over the name retrieval account.
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_version
dc.description"A dissertation submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Science (Speech and Hearing Sciences), The University of Hong Kong, April 29, 2010."
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical references.
dc.descriptionThesis (B.Sc)--University of Hong Kong, 2010.
dc.description.thesisdisciplineSpeech and Hearing Sciences
dc.description.thesislevelBachelor's
dc.description.thesisnameBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences
dc.identifier.hkulb4813238
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/173729
dc.languageeng
dc.publisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
dc.rightsCreative Commons: Attribution 3.0 Hong Kong License
dc.rightsThe author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works.
dc.subject.lcshSpeech -- Physiological aspects.
dc.titleThe locus of orthographic facilitation in speech production of Chinese
dc.typeUG_Thesis