성인 영어 코퍼스와 아동 영어 코퍼스의 어휘 사용 비교·분석
A Comparative Study on Word Lists Based on Adult and Children’s English Corpora
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The present study attempts to compare vocabulary use in adult and children’s English corpora. The ultimate goal of the present study is to investigate what sort of word list is the most appropriate source for children's vocabulary acquisition. To examine this controversial issue, the four word lists BNC-COCA 3000, Kids 2500, CHILDES Parental Corpus Word List of English (CHILDES-P 3000), and the Korean Basic English Word List (KBEWL 3000) . They are lists of about 3,000 words that represent an adult English corpus-based word list, a children’s English corpus-based word list, a child-directed corpus (parental corpus)-based word list, and a children’s English expert consultation-based word list. The results show that each word list has about 65% of the total words in common. In both the children’s literature in English and the adult English corpora , the adult English corpus-based word list of BNC-COCA has the highest text coverage, of 92% and 86%, respectively. Nevertheless, it was also found that there is a big gap in vocabulary use between the adult and children’s corpora. In conclusion, it was suggested that a parental corpus-based word list could serve as a finely-tuned input for children and as an alternative to the existing adult English corpus-based word lists.
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The present study attempts to compare vocabulary use in adult and children’s English corpora. The ultimate goal of the present study is to investigate what sort of word list is the most appropriate source for children's vocabulary acquisition. To examine this controversial issue, the four word lists BNC-COCA 3000, Kids 2500, CHILDES Parental Corpus Word List of English (CHILDES-P 3000), and the Korean Basic English Word List (KBEWL 3000) . They are lists of about 3,000 words that represent an adult English corpus-based word list, a children’s English corpus-based word list, a child-directed corpus (parental corpus)-based word list, and a children’s English expert consultation-based word list. The results show that each word list has about 65% of the total words in common. In both the children’s literature in English and the adult English corpora , the adult English corpus-based word list of BNC-COCA has the highest text coverage, of 92% and 86%, respectively. Nevertheless, it was also found that there is a big gap in vocabulary use between the adult and children’s corpora. In conclusion, it was suggested that a parental corpus-based word list could serve as a finely-tuned input for children and as an alternative to the existing adult English corpus-based word lists.
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