Preliminary vocabulary frequency findings for Mandarin Chinese AAC treatments

Authors:
Ming-Chung Chen;Katya Hill;Tianxue Yao
Affiliations:
National Chiayi University, Chiayi, Taiwan;University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA;Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
Venue:
Proceedings of the 3rd International Convention on Rehabilitation Engineering & Assistive Technology
Year:
2009

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Abstract

In this paper, we describe the preliminary results of a study to identify the vocabulary frequency of native Mandarin Chinese speakers during a dyadic conversation. The language samples based on twelve (N=12) participants were analyzed to report the total number of words, total number of different word roots (TND), and number of spoken words used to make up 50%, 60%, 70% and 80% of the sample. Reported are the top 10 most frequently used MC words for each participant. The results will provide a high frequency or core vocabulary for MC to use for augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) interventions.