Frequency of word usage by Hebrew preschoolers: implications for AAC core vocabulary.

IF 2.1 3区医学 Q1 AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY

Augmentative and Alternative Communication Pub Date : 2023-06-01 DOI:10.1080/07434618.2023.2210671

Gat Savaldi-Harussi, Sigal Uziel

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Abstract

This study's goal was to inform the selection of the most frequently used words to serve as a reference for core vocabulary selection for Hebrew-speaking children who require AAC. The paper describes the vocabulary used by 12 Hebrew-speaking preschool children with typical development in two different conditions: peer talk, and peer talk with adult mediation. Language samples were audio-recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using the CHILDES (Child Language Data Exchange System) tools to identify the most frequently used words. The top 200 lexemes (all variations of a single word) in the peer talk and adult-mediated peer talk conditions accounted for 87.15% (n = 5008 tokens) and 86.4% (n = 5331 tokens) of the total tokens produced in each language sample (n = 5746, n = 6168), respectively. A substantially overlapping vocabulary of 337 lexemes accounted for up to 87% (n = 10411) of the tokens produced in the composite list (n = 11914). The results indicate that a relatively small set of words represent a large proportion of the words used by the preschoolers across two different conditions. General versus language-specific implications for core vocabulary selection for children in need of AAC devices are discussed.

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希伯来语学龄前儿童词汇使用频率:对AAC核心词汇的影响。

本研究的目的是为希伯来语儿童提供最常用词汇的选择，为他们选择核心词汇提供参考。本文描述了12名典型发展的希伯来语学龄前儿童在同伴谈话和成人调解下同伴谈话两种不同情况下的词汇使用情况。使用儿童语言数据交换系统(CHILDES)工具对语言样本进行录音、转录和分析，以确定最常用的单词。在同伴谈话和成人介导的同伴谈话条件下，前200个词汇(单个单词的所有变体)分别占每种语言样本(n = 5746, n = 6168)中产生的总标记的87.15% (n = 5008个标记)和86.4% (n = 5331个标记)。在合成列表(n = 11914)中产生的标记中，337个词汇构成的重叠词汇最多占87% (n = 10411)。结果表明，在两种不同的条件下，相对较小的一组单词代表了学龄前儿童使用的大部分单词。讨论了对需要AAC设备的儿童进行核心词汇选择的一般影响和语言特定影响。

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Augmentative and Alternative Communication AUDIOLOGY & SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY-

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2.80

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15.00%

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>12 weeks

期刊介绍： As the official journal of the International Society for Augmentative and Alternative Communication (ISAAC), Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) publishes scientific articles related to the field of augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) that report research concerning assessment, treatment, rehabilitation, and education of people who use or have the potential to use AAC systems; or that discuss theory, technology, and systems development relevant to AAC. The broad range of topic included in the Journal reflects the development of this field internationally. Manuscripts submitted to AAC should fall within one of the following categories, AND MUST COMPLY with associated page maximums listed on page 3 of the Manuscript Preparation Guide. Research articles (full peer review), These manuscripts report the results of original empirical research, including studies using qualitative and quantitative methodologies, with both group and single-case experimental research designs (e.g, Binger et al., 2008; Petroi et al., 2014). Technical, research, and intervention notes (full peer review): These are brief manuscripts that address methodological, statistical, technical, or clinical issues or innovations that are of relevance to the AAC community and are designed to bring the research community’s attention to areas that have been minimally or poorly researched in the past (e.g., research note: Thunberg et al., 2016; intervention notes: Laubscher et al., 2019).