Characteristicsof Event - related Potentials Kanji and Sentences for in Recognition Processes of Japanese Chinese Bilinguals

This paper investigates the recognition process of Japanese kanii and sentences fbr Chinese bilinguals and Native Japanese speakers <NJS), by analyzing the event-related potential (ERP) differences between the two groups while they visually recognized Japanese kanji and sentences. The results showed that no significant differences were found between the two groups while they recognized Japanese kanii, but significant difftrences were found in the Japanese sentences condition. The results demonstrated that the neural mechanisms of recognition processes of Japanese sentences including kana between the two groups were not identical. When recognizing ambiguous sentences, Chinese bilinguals' P600 only appeared over the right frontal obe, refiecting that syntactic integration and revision of ambiguous sentences for Chinese bilinguals was related with the right hemjsphere. The rcsults showed for Chinesc bilinguals, the diMculty of Japanese ranguage learning was the recognition and understanding of Japanese sentences with kana, not Japanese kanii. We would like to providc a scientific learning method fbr Chinese bilinguals to enhance thcir Japanese language learning eMciency frorn the aspect ofbrain science, JPbysiol Anthmpol 28av: 19J -19Z 2009 http:1/www.jstage,j st.gojp/browseijpad [DOI: IO.2114ljpal2g.191] Keywerds: event-related potential, N400, P600, Chinese bilinguals, Japanese ]anguage processing