Effects of Chinese and English Word Segmentation on Reading Speed
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.211025.006How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- Chinese, English, Word segmentation, Reading speed
- Abstract
62 college students who passed College English Test Band 4 (CET-4) were selected as the participants in this study. Through two experiments, the researchers used the E-prime online experimental platform to explore the effect of word segmentation on the reading rate of Chinese and English sentences. The independent variables were the reading material and the segmentation method, and the dependent variables were the subjects’ reading time and reading accuracy. The researchers found that the reading time of English sentences was significantly longer than that of Chinese; and the reading time of inter-word space was the shortest, but the reading time in non-word space was the longest. When the participants were reading Chinese sentences, there was no significant difference in reading response under the three conditions. When the participants were reading English sentences, there was a significant difference in reading response under the three conditions. It showed that the type of reading material had an impact on the reading of college students, and the segmentation level was the main factor affecting reading. Moreover, words are an important processing unit in Chinese reading.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Yanping Ling AU - Dixiu Liu PY - 2021 DA - 2021/10/26 TI - Effects of Chinese and English Word Segmentation on Reading Speed BT - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Language, Communication and Culture Studies (ICLCCS 2021) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 32 EP - 40 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.211025.006 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.211025.006 ID - Ling2021 ER -