Three experiments were conducted to examine the recognition process of the
jukugo (two-
kanji-compound word) from the following three points of view: (1) how
jukugos are retrieved from memory (Exp. 1), (2) how
jukugos are activated in the retrieval process (Exp. 2), and (3) how the representation of
jukugos is structured in memory (Exp. 3). The experiments were carried out using priming paradigms in which subjects performed a lexical decision task. The results of Exp. 1 and Exp. 2 showed that the first
kanji was used as retrieval cue for each
jukugo and the activation of the first
kanji facilitated the identification of
jukugo in terms of meaning. In Exp. 3, it was suggested that the lexicon of
jukugo was formed in such a structure that several
jukugos containing in common the same first
kanji are tied together, centering on the first
kanji.
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