A Corpus-Based Study on the Vocabulary Development of Korean Learners


Sinhye Nam, Chaerin Jang, Sunyoung Kim, Journal of Information Processing Systems Vol. 20, No. 4, pp. 477-490, Aug. 2024  

https://doi.org/10.3745/JIPS.04.0314
Keywords: Corpus Analysis, Keywords Analysis, Learners of Korean as a Heritage Language, Vocabulary Development
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Abstract

This study identifies the vocabulary usage patterns of Korean heritage language learners. We analyzed the interlanguage of the Korean heritage language learners and examined their vocabulary usage patterns, especially the major content keywords being used at their respective proficiency levels. The Korean Learner’s Corpus from the National Institute of Korean Language is used for the data analysis. We found that as the heritage language learners’ proficiency increases, low-frequency (high-level) vocabulary is often used as the keywords and the semantic vocabulary areas expand from daily to social to specialized fields. It is therefore confirmed that the vocabulary use of Korean heritage language learners develops as their proficiency increases. This study confirms the development of Korean vocabulary in Korean heritage language learners and exemplifies how corpus-based applied linguistic research and computer science can be integrated using a keyword extraction algorithm.


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[APA Style]
Nam, S., Jang, C., & Kim, S. (2024). A Corpus-Based Study on the Vocabulary Development of Korean Learners. Journal of Information Processing Systems, 20(4), 477-490. DOI: 10.3745/JIPS.04.0314.

[IEEE Style]
S. Nam, C. Jang, S. Kim, "A Corpus-Based Study on the Vocabulary Development of Korean Learners," Journal of Information Processing Systems, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 477-490, 2024. DOI: 10.3745/JIPS.04.0314.

[ACM Style]
Sinhye Nam, Chaerin Jang, and Sunyoung Kim. 2024. A Corpus-Based Study on the Vocabulary Development of Korean Learners. Journal of Information Processing Systems, 20, 4, (2024), 477-490. DOI: 10.3745/JIPS.04.0314.