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Characters and Words: Understanding the Acquisition of Chinese Vocabulary John Jing-hua Yin University of Vermont john.yin@uvm.edu What is vocabulary? What is a word? What does it mean to know a word? What does it mean to know a word? What is a Chinese word? Chinese Words in the Vocabulary Conspectus of HSK Monosyllabic Words vs. Multisyllabic Words in HSK Vocabulary Three Lists Most frequently used Chinese characters Words acquired by a kid at 18 months old Basic Chinese characters & radicals Comparisons of the Three Lists What characters does PCR Lessons 1-15 have? Some thoughts as the conclusion * It is all the words of a language. It is the sum of words used by, understood by, or at the command of a particular person. --from the American Heritage Dictionary A word is a sound or a combination of sounds, or its representation in writing or printing, that symbolizes and communicates a meaning and may consist of a single morpheme or of a combination of morphemes. --from the American Heritage Dictionary 1) Form: Spoken What does the word sound like? (R) How is the word pronounced? (P) Writing What does the word look like? (R) How is the word written? (P) 2) Position: Syntactic In what patterns does the word occur? (R) In what patterns must the word be used? (P) Semantic What words can be expected before or after it? (R) What words must be used with it? (P) 3) Function: Frequency How common is the word? (R) How often should it be used? (P) Appropriateness Where would we expect this word to be used? (R) Where can this word be used? (P) 4) Meaning: Concept What does the word mean? (R) What word should be used to express this meaning? (P) Associations What other words does this word make us think of? (R) What other words should we use instead of this one?(P) --I.S.P. Nation A Chinese word i