The role of lexical knowledge of loan words in visual word recognition for native Japanese speakers

本研究旨在考察外来词的词汇知识在日语母语者英语词汇识别过程中的作用，以了解日语心理词汇的结构。普通大学生参与了词汇判断实验和问卷调查，以了解英语词汇和片假名词汇的熟悉程度。结果表明，英语水平高的学生比英语水平低的学生在英语单词识别过程中更多地使用片假名词汇知识。

The present study investigated how lexical knowledge of loan words plays a role in English word recognition process for native Japanese speakers in order to understand the structure of Japanese mental lexicon. General university students participated in the lexical decision experiments and questionnaires for familiarity ratings of English words and Katakana words. The results indicate that the students with high proficiency in English more use lexical knowledge of Katakana words in English word recognition process compared to the students of low proficiency.