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http://dx.doi.org/10.19066/cogsci.2021.32.3.001

The influence of the syllable frequency on transposed letter effect of Korean word recognition  

Lee, Seonkyoung (Yeungnam University)
Lee, Yoonhyoung (Yeungnam University)
Lee, Chang H. (Sogang University)
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Korean Journal of Cognitive Science / v.32, no.3, 2021 , pp. 99-115 More about this Journal
Abstract
Unlike most other alphabetic languages, letter transposition effect was not found in Korean except in the syllable level and in the morpheme level. This study was conducted in order to investigate the possible reason of the absence of letter transposition effect in Korean. Based on previous letter transposition studies, this study was to investigate on whether syllable frequency is a moderating variable and is responsible for the absence of the letter transposition effect. The results showed that significant letter transposition effect was found when a transposed non-word has high frequency syllable(e.g., 민주화 → 진무화), while such effect was not seen in a transposed non-word with low frequency syllable. The results showed that the letter transposition effect can found in Korean as well. The results also implicate the possibility that syllable frequency is the main moderating variable regarding the Korean letter transposition effect.
Keywords
Korean word recognition; syllable frequency effect; transposed letter effect; lexical decision;
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