The main purpose of this study was to compare the reading processes of
Kanji with those of
Kana script. The hypotheses upon which these Exps. were based are as follows: the meaning of both
Kanji and
Kana script are extracted by both data-driven and conceptually-driven processing. In the reading of
Kanji, however, their pronunciations seem to be generated on the basis of their meaning. On the other hand, while the reading of a sequence of
Kana script seems to be generated on the basis of meaning as with
Kanji, it is directly constructed from data-driven processing since forty-six syllabics correspond to forty-six phonetic units. Subjects were required to read
Kanji or
Kana script as fast as they could. The results of these Exps. seem to support the above hypotheses.
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