Effects of context-dependent and context-independent associative strength between prime and target words on the processing of lexical ambiguity.

Abstract

Studied the time course of lexical ambiguity resolution using the phonologic priming paradigm between polysemous phonogramic Kana words (primes) and compound ideogramic Kanji words (targets) in Japanese. Ss inlcuded 32 normal Japanese adults (aged 19-24 yrs) (undergraduate students) (Exp I) and 32 normal Japanese adults (aged 19-22 yrs) (undergraduate students) (Exp II). Ss made lexical decisions under conditions of rapid serial visual presentation of sentence contexts, primes, and targets. In Exp I, the context-dependent associate strength of target words and prime-target stimulus onset asynchronies were manipulated. In Exp II, the context-independent associative strength was manipulated in addition to the 2 variables of Exp I. (English abstract) (PsycLIT Database Copyright 1994 American Psychological Assn, all rights reserved)