HOW LARGE CAN A RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY BE
HOW LARGE CAN A RECEPTIVE VOCABULARY BE
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DOI：
10.1093/applin/11.4.341
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发表时间：
1990-12-01
影响因子：
3.6
通讯作者：
READ, J
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作者：
GOULDEN, R;NATION, P;READ, J
基于词典抽样的词汇量研究面临着几个方法论问题。这些问题是在回答以下三个问题时出现的：(I)我们如何决定什么被算作单词？(2)我们如何选择要测试的单词？(3)我们如何测试所选择的单词？本研究试图克服这些问题，并通过几种方式检查这些问题是否已经被克服。结果表明，以前被认为是保守的词汇量估计可能是最准确的。这些估计表明，受过良好教育的以英语为母语的成年人的词汇量约为1.7万个基本单词。这代表着每天大约两到三个单词的习得速度。
Studies of vocabulary size based on dictionary sampling have faced several methodological problems. These problems occur in trying to answer the following three questions: (I) How do we decide what to count as words? (2) How do we choose what words to test? (3) How do we test the chosen words? The present study attempts to overcome these problems and checks in several ways to see if the problems have been overcome. The results indicate that what were previously thought of as conservative estimates of vocabulary size are likely to be the most accurate. These estimates suggest that well-educated adult native speakers of English have a vocabulary of around 17,000 base words. This represents an acquisition rate of around two to three words per day.