The Japanese Mental Lexicon : Psycholinguistic Studies of Kana and Kanji Processing

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THE JAPANESE MENTAL LEXICON Title page Copyright page Table of Contents Preface Chapter 1. INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE PSYCHOLOGY THE HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF JAPANESE PSYCHOLINGUISTICS THE SCOPE OF THIS BOOK Chapter 2. A HISTORY OF THE JAPANESE ORTHOGRAPHY INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS KANJI SCRIPT Kanji History Kanji Policie s Kanji Frequencies Diachronic Factors in Kanji Frequencies Kanji in the Computer Age KANA SCRIPTS Chapter 3. KANJI PROCESSING INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS THE STRUCTURE OF KANJI WORDS Kanji Architect ure On-readings vs. Kun-readings Simple Kanji vs. Complex Kanji Kanji Attributes PHONOLOGICAL INFORMATION IN KANJI WORDS Interference from Concurrent Vocalization Relevant Chinese Studies Summary Conclusions SEMANTIC INFORMATION IN KANJI WORDS Function of Semantic Radicals Interaction of Phonological and Semantic Information Collocational Possibilities Summary Conclusions COMPOUND KANJI Introduction Whole-Word Access Sub-Lexical Access Summary Conclusions KINETIC INFORMATION IN KANJI WORDS FONT-TYPE INFORMATION IN PROCESSING KANJI WORDS Chapter 4. ΚΑΝΑ PROCESSING INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS SYLLABARY INVENTORIES PROCESSING DIFFERENCES BETWEEN KANA TYPES? Katakana vs. Hiragana Vocabularies? Orthographic Attributes of Katakana vs. Hiragana DIRECT ACCESS FOR ΚΑΝΑ THE ISSUE OF SCRIPT FAMILIARITY FOR ΚΑΝΑ Script Variation ScriptType Frequency Addressed or Assembled Phonological Route? Script Type Effects Memory and Recall CONCLUSIONS Chapter 5. ROMAJI PROCESSING ROMAJI Romaji Usage LI Script Transfer Effect Transliteration Systems Chapter 6. KANJI-KÀNA MIXED TEXTS KANJI-KANA MAJIRI-BUN Kana-only vs. Kanji-mixed Texts NON-LINGUISTIC SYMBOLS STROOPTEST RESULTS CONCLUSIONS Chapter 7. ACQUISITION OF ORTHOGRAPHY SKILLS ORTHOGRAPHY SKILLS AND READING ΚΑΝΑ ACQUISITION Segmentation Skills and Script Type Measuring Skilled Readers KANJI ACQUISITION Kanji Attributes Kanji Curriculum Asymmetry between Writing and Reading Abilities CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISONS OF READING SKILLS AND READING DISABILITIES Non-existence of Japanese Dyslexics? Characterization of 'Reading Disabilities' Implications from Studies of Other Impairments CONCLUSIONS Chapter 8. EYE-MOVEMENT STUDIES INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS EXPERIMENTAL METHODS IN EYE-MOVEMENT STUDIES Basic Eye Movements Experimental Methods EYE-MOVEMENT STUDIES IN JAPANESE Regular Kanji-based Texts Kanji-based Texts vs. Kana-only Texts Vertical Texts vs. Horizontal Texts Scrolling Speed and Window Size CONCLUSIONS Chapter 9. LATERALITY INTRODUCTION DICHOTOMOUS VIEWS OF LATERALITY IN KANA/KANJI PROCESSING The Origin of the Dichotomous View Kana Processing Kanji Processing FUNCTIONAL FACTORS IN LATERALITY PREFERENCES Experimental Variables Examination of Tasks Involved Summary Conclusions CLINICAL STUDIES Universality Right Hemisphere Contribution CONCLUSIONS Chapter 10. CONCLUSIONS UNIVERSALITY Universal Constraints in Processing Models LANGUAGE SPECIFICITY Kanji Kana Acquisition CONCLUSION APPENDIX INTRODUCTORY COMMENTS JAPANESE JOURNALS JAPANESE RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS REFERENCES AUTHOR INDEX SUBJECT INDEX