Syntactic and Semantic Processing in Japanese Sentence Reading: A Research Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)

Autor/inn/en	Zhao, Licui; Kojima, Haruyuki; Yasunaga, Daichi; Irie, Koji
Titel	Syntactic and Semantic Processing in Japanese Sentence Reading: A Research Using Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS)
Quelle	In: Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 52 (2023) 1, S.57-73 (17 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Zhao, Licui) ORCID (Kojima, Haruyuki)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0090-6905
DOI	10.1007/s10936-021-09818-8
Schlagwörter	Japanese; Syntax; Semantics; Brain Hemisphere Functions; Silent Reading; Sentences; Physiology; Cognitive Processes; Difficulty Level; Language Processing; Foreign Countries + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Japaner; Japanisch; Semantik; Stilles Lesen; Sentence analysis; Satzanalyse; Physiologie; Cognitive process; Kognitiver Prozess; Schwierigkeitsgrad; Sprachverarbeitung; Ausland
Abstract	In order to examine whether syntactic processing is a necessary prerequisite for semantic integration in Japanese, cortical activation was monitored while participants engaged in silent reading task. Congruous sentences (CON), semantic violation sentences (V-SEM), and syntactic violation sentences (V-SYN) were presented in the experiment. The participants' oxygenated hemoglobin concentration changes during the reading task were measured using functional near-infrared spectroscopy. The results suggest that the CON sentences did not require additional cognitive load on syntactic processing or semantic processing. The V-SEM sentences demanded great cognitive load on semantic processing. Besides, it also elicited great cognitive load on syntactic processing. The V-SYN sentences induced great cognitive load on syntactic processing, but it did not induce additional load on semantic processing. These evidence demonstrates that, in Japanese language processing, the difficultness of semantic processing could influence the difficultness of syntactic processing, while the difficultness of syntactic processing would not influence the difficultness of semantic processing. Our findings are suggestive of the possibility that in Japanese language reading, semantic processing precedes syntactic processing, or semantic processing and syntactic processing are in parallel. (As Provided).
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