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undergraduate thesis: Effect of age of acquisition and semantic transparency on character recognition

TitleEffect of age of acquisition and semantic transparency on character recognition
Authors
Lau, Hei-yin劉希彥
Issue Date2011
PublisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)
Citation
Lau, H. [劉希彥]. (2011). Effect of age of acquisition and semantic transparency on character recognition. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.
AbstractThe present study aimed to investigate the effect of age of acquisition and semantic transparency on character recognition in traditional characters. Forty-six university students studying in Hong Kong participated in the study. A lexical decision task was employed and the participants were required to judge whether the presented character was a real character or not. The result showed that age of acquisition significantly predicts the response time and response accuracy, with early acquired characters were responded more quickly and accurately than late acquired characters. However, the effect of semantic transparency was insignificant. In conclusion, age of acquisition effect appears in the early stage of character recognition while the effect of semantic transparency is not.
DegreeBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciences
SubjectLanguage acquisition
Word recognition
Dept/ProgramSpeech and Hearing Sciences
Persistent Identifierhttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/192886
HKU Library Item IDb5093398

 

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dc.contributor.authorLau, Hei-yinen_US
dc.contributor.author劉希彥en_US
dc.date.accessioned2013-11-28T06:05:23Z-
dc.date.available2013-11-28T06:05:23Z-
dc.date.issued2011en_US
dc.identifier.citationLau, H. [劉希彥]. (2011). Effect of age of acquisition and semantic transparency on character recognition. (Thesis). University of Hong Kong, Pokfulam, Hong Kong SAR.-
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10722/192886-
dc.description.abstractThe present study aimed to investigate the effect of age of acquisition and semantic transparency on character recognition in traditional characters. Forty-six university students studying in Hong Kong participated in the study. A lexical decision task was employed and the participants were required to judge whether the presented character was a real character or not. The result showed that age of acquisition significantly predicts the response time and response accuracy, with early acquired characters were responded more quickly and accurately than late acquired characters. However, the effect of semantic transparency was insignificant. In conclusion, age of acquisition effect appears in the early stage of character recognition while the effect of semantic transparency is not.en_US
dc.languageengen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong)en_US
dc.rightsThe author retains all proprietary rights, (such as patent rights) and the right to use in future works.en_US
dc.rightsThis work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.en_US
dc.subject.lcshLanguage acquisitionen_US
dc.subject.lcshWord recognitionen_US
dc.titleEffect of age of acquisition and semantic transparency on character recognitionen_US
dc.typeUG_Thesisen_US
dc.identifier.hkulb5093398en_US
dc.description.thesisnameBachelor of Science in Speech and Hearing Sciencesen_US
dc.description.thesislevelBacheloren_US
dc.description.thesisdisciplineSpeech and Hearing Sciencesen_US
dc.description.naturepublished_or_final_versionen_US
dc.date.hkucongregation2011en_US
dc.identifier.mmsid991035837899703414-

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