The Trade-Off Between Format Familiarity and Word-Segmentation Facilitation in Chinese Reading.

ABSTRACT: In alphabetic writing systems (such as English), the spaces between words mark the word boundaries, and the basic unit of reading is distinguished during visual-level processing. The visual-level information of word boundaries facilitates reading. Chinese is an ideographic language whose text contains no intrinsic inter-word spaces as the marker of word boundaries. Previous studies have shown that the basic processing unit of Chinese reading is also a word. However, findings remain inconsistent regarding whether inserting spaces between words in Chinese text promotes reading performance. Researchers have proposed that there may be a trade-off between format familiarity and the facilitation effect of inter-word spaces. In order to verify this, this study manipulated the format familiarity v

SUBMITTER: Chen M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7876460 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature