The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations
Chinese word segmentation is challenging due to the lack of clear word boundaries. This study investigated how emotional valence and word location affect Chinese word segmentation in vertical reading direction, using overlapping ambiguous strings (OAS). We conducted an online experiment (N = 193) an...
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| author | Xiaoyang Zou Bowen Xie Wenjie Peng Mengjie Ji Die Qin Jie Yuan |
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| description | Chinese word segmentation is challenging due to the lack of clear word boundaries. This study investigated how emotional valence and word location affect Chinese word segmentation in vertical reading direction, using overlapping ambiguous strings (OAS). We conducted an online experiment (N = 193) and used generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMM) for analysis. Results showed that in the upper-side condition, positive words were more easily segmented than negative and neutral words, indicating a positive advantage account. In the lower-side condition, emotional words were more easily segmented than neutral words, but no difference was found between positive and negative words, corresponding to the emotion advantage account. This study extends previous findings about emotion information and Chinese word segmentation to vertical reading direction. It reveals that the effect of emotion information on word segmentation is influenced by the specific location (dominant reading locations & subordinate reading locations) of emotional words, and is related to the spatial metaphor of words with different valences. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-fa0c3020d0ae4fef8f73a4708eb697e62025-08-20T03:31:27ZengElsevierActa Psychologica0001-69182025-08-0125810523810.1016/j.actpsy.2025.105238The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locationsXiaoyang Zou0Bowen Xie1Wenjie Peng2Mengjie Ji3Die Qin4Jie Yuan5School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaSchool of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Faculty of Psychology, Southwest University, Chongqing, ChinaSchool of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaSchool of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, ChinaSchool of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; Corresponding author.School of Psychology, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China; School of Education (Shanwei), South China Normal University, Shanwei, Guangdong, China; Correspondence to: J. Yuan, School of Education (Shanwei), South China Normal University, Shanwei, Guangdong, China.Chinese word segmentation is challenging due to the lack of clear word boundaries. This study investigated how emotional valence and word location affect Chinese word segmentation in vertical reading direction, using overlapping ambiguous strings (OAS). We conducted an online experiment (N = 193) and used generalized linear mixed-effects models (GLMM) for analysis. Results showed that in the upper-side condition, positive words were more easily segmented than negative and neutral words, indicating a positive advantage account. In the lower-side condition, emotional words were more easily segmented than neutral words, but no difference was found between positive and negative words, corresponding to the emotion advantage account. This study extends previous findings about emotion information and Chinese word segmentation to vertical reading direction. It reveals that the effect of emotion information on word segmentation is influenced by the specific location (dominant reading locations & subordinate reading locations) of emotional words, and is related to the spatial metaphor of words with different valences.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825005517Overlapping ambiguous stringsSpatial metaphorEmotional wordsWord segmentation |
| spellingShingle | Xiaoyang Zou Bowen Xie Wenjie Peng Mengjie Ji Die Qin Jie Yuan The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations Acta Psychologica Overlapping ambiguous strings Spatial metaphor Emotional words Word segmentation |
| title | The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations |
| title_full | The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations |
| title_fullStr | The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations |
| title_full_unstemmed | The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations |
| title_short | The effect of emotional information on Chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations |
| title_sort | effect of emotional information on chinese word segmentation is influenced by word locations |
| topic | Overlapping ambiguous strings Spatial metaphor Emotional words Word segmentation |
| url | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0001691825005517 |
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