The results indicate that such effects could be mainly attributed to activation of multiple semantic representations, in line with the primary goal of meaning access for spoken word comprehension. However, it seems that listeners sometimes do activate orthographic information for fine discrimination when the meaning was uncertain. / The study provides the first systematic set of data for the homophone family size effect, demonstrating its presence in spoken Chinese word recognition. / This study examined the homophone family size effect in spoken Chinese using monosyllabic and disyllabic homophones, and disyllabic words with a homophonic syllable. For each of these three types of words, the family size effect was measured in Exp. 1 to 3 using the auditory lexical decision task. In Exp. 1, participants showed slower response to monosyllabic homophones with a larger family size than those with a smaller family size. In Exp. 2, participants showed an opposite family size effect for disyllabic homophones (e.g. /mi4 feng1/[special characters omitted] and [special characters omitted]), that is, higher accuracy to disyllabic homophones than disyllabic non-homophones. In Exp. 3, the family size effect for disyllabic words with a homophonic syllable was found to be dependent on word frequency, an inhibitory effect was present for low frequency words, regardless of whether the first or the second syllable was the homophonic syllable. Using the same three types of words and the same task, Exp. 4 to 6 examined the neural basis of the family size effect with event-related potentials (ERPs). Results showed that the family size effect mainly resulted from access to the multiple semantic meanings associated with a spoken word. In addition, there was evidence that the multiple word-forms of a homophone were activated in a relatively early state (300--500 ms) during spoken word recognition when the first syllable of a disyllabic word was homophonic. / Wang, Wenna. / Advisers: Alan Chun-nang Wong; John Xuexin Zhang. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 73-07(E), Section: B. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2011. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-94). / Electronic reproduction. Hong Kong : Chinese University of Hong Kong, [2012] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest Information and Learning Company, [200-] System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Available via World Wide Web. / Abstract and appendix also in Chinese.

莫淑儀 = A study of teaching of glossaries which are homonyms in Cantonese but non-homonyms in Putonghua / Mok Suk Yee. / 稿本 / 論文(碩士)--香港中文大學硏究院敎育學部文科敎育,1992. / 參考文獻: leaves 157-172 / Mo Shuyi = A study of teaching of glossaries which are homonyms in Cantonese but non-homonyms in Putonghua / Mok Suk Yee. / Chapter 第一章 --- 緒論 / Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究背景 --- p.1 / Chapter 第二節 --- 研究目的 --- p.2 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究範圍 --- p.3 / Chapter 第二章 --- 文獻綜述及理論根據 / Chapter 第一節 --- 廣州話與普通話語音系統及其對應規律 / Chapter 一. --- 廣州話與普通話的語音系統 --- p.5 / Chapter 二. --- 廣州話與普通話的語音對應規律 --- p.9 / Chapter 第二節 --- 廣州話與普通話的語音研究回溯 / Chapter 一. --- 實驗硏究 --- p.12 / Chapter 二. --- 調查硏究 --- p.19 / Chapter 第三節 --- 廣州話同音、普通話異音的字匯研究 --- p.21 / Chapter 第四節 --- 理論根據 --- p.32 / Chapter 第三章 --- 調查硏究設計 / Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究假設 --- p.98 / Chapter 第二節 --- 硏究對象 --- p.98 / Chapter 第三節 --- 研究工具 --- p.99 / Chapter 第四節 --- 研究步驟 --- p.100 / Chapter 第五節 --- 預試結果及討論 --- p.101 / Chapter 第六節 --- 資料分析與整理 --- p.103 / Chapter 第七節 --- 研究限制 --- p.104 / Chapter 第四章 --- 調查研究結果及討論 / Chapter 第一節 --- 受試者背景 --- p.112 / Chapter 第二節 --- 分析方法 --- p.112 / Chapter 第三節 --- 硏究結果 --- p.114 / Chapter 第四節 --- 研究結果綜論 --- p.119 / Chapter 第五章 --- 總結與建議 / Chapter 第一節 --- 硏究結果總結 --- p.143 / Chapter 第二節 --- 普通話教學建議 --- p.146 / 附錄 / Chapter 一. --- 註釋 --- p.149 / Chapter 二. --- 參考書目 --- p.157 / Chapter 三. --- 調查問卷 --- p.165 / Chapter 四. --- 讀音表(一至七) --- p.166

Chin Ho Leung. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-58).

Yip, Chi-Wing. / Thesis (M.Phil.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 1997. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 55-62).

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