Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Word Frequency Effect in Lexical Decision Task: Evidence from Khalkha Mongolian

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2019 12 (10)
Authors
Vlasov, Mikhail S.; Odonchimeg, Tumee; Sainbaiar, Vasha; Gromoglasova, Tat‘iana I.
Contact information
Vlasov, Mikhail S.: Institute of Humanities and Pedagogy Shukshin Altai State University for Humanities and Pedagogy 53 Korolenko Str., Biysk, 659333, Russia; ; ORCID: 0000–0001–7848–5114; Odonchimeg, Tumee: School of Social Sciences and Humanities Khovd State University Jargalant soum, Khovd, 84000, Mongolia; Sainbaiar, Vasha: School of Social Sciences and Humanities Khovd State University Jargalant soum, Khovd, 84000, Mongolia; Gromoglasova, Tat‘iana I.: Novosibirsk State University of Economics and Management 56 Kamenskaya Str., Novosibirsk, 630099, Russia
Keywords
lexical processing; lexical decision task; word frequency effect; Mongolian language
Abstract

In experimental psycholinguistics, one clue into the architecture of lexical memory comes from the presence of robust frequency effects in lexical decision task (LDT), in which subjects judge whether a written stimulus is a real word or a nonword, and processing complexity is measured by reaction time (RT). For example, in LDT the visual word recognition process is facilitated (or inhibited) by word frequency as measured from the representative corpus. Our study verifies the word frequency effect in standard (“yes/no task”) LDT performed by Khalkha Mongolian subjects. The results showed strong weight of word frequency as RTs predictor (R2 = .631, F (1, 28) = 50.57, p < .000, β = .802, t = 7.111, p < .000). Our experimental results also correspond to experimental findings on word frequency effects for Japanese Katakana (syllabic) and Kanji (logographic) words in standard LDT. Such lexical decision “script moderation” could be the actual clue for further LDT experiments (e. g., relatively “deep” Mongolian script vs. “shallow” Cyrillic Mongolian)

Pages
1954–1964
DOI
10.17516/1997–1370–0498
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/126889

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