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Measuring Correlation between Word Class Frequency and Simulated Early Lexical Development Based on Data Analysis from Preschool Short Stories

Okul Öncesi İçin Hazırlanmış Kısa Öykülerdeki Sözcük Sınıfı Sıklığı ve Simüle Edilmiş Erken Sözcüksel Gelişim Arasındaki Bağıntının Ölçülmesi

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41–63
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2022-10-18
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Based on our presented results, it could be concluded that short-stories prepared for preschool children contained a theorybased system which could be reflected on early lexical developmentsupported by the fact that there was a clear word-class classification and systematised system for the distribution of word-class in terms of content words (over majority) and function words (minor representation) yet semantic categorisation.

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Objective & Hypothesis:This paper aimed at examining the claim that short-stories prepared for preschool children contain a theory-based system which could be reflected on early lexical development.
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Key Findings & Data:The use of Minitab (17th) version yet running both descriptive and inferential statistical tools indicated that the calculated percentage of the content words were clearly higher than those of the function words (43%, 5%, 6%, 26% and 6%) as compared to only (5%, 8% and 1%) respectively.
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Conclusion & Impact:Based on our presented results, it could be concluded that short-stories prepared for preschool children contained a theorybased system which could be reflected on early lexical developmentsupported by the fact that there was a clear word-class classification and systematised system for the distribution of word-class in terms of content words (over majority) and function words (minor representation) yet semantic categorisation.
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Abstract

This paper aimed at examining the claim that short-stories prepared for preschool children contain a theory-based system which could be reflected on early lexical development. Besides, we investigated the claim that word-class frequency and/or occurrence could be used as a predictor for a child’s early lexical development based on views from behaviourism, the frequency hypothesis and ZIPF’s law. The correlational approach was followed to measure the two identified variables, namely, simulated early lexical development (represented by preschool materials) as the dependent variable and word-class frequency and/or occurrence (with and without repetition/ frequency) as the independent variable. A series of short-story consisting of ten short-stories was analysed in terms of word-class into eight word-classes and then into different semantic categories. The use of Minitab (17th) version yet running both descriptive and inferential statistical tools indicated that the calculated percentage of the content words were clearly higher than those of the function words (43%, 5%, 6%, 26% and 6%) as compared to only (5%, 8% and 1%) respectively. Moreover, Pearson’s product-moment correlation indicated a strong yet positive correlation between word-class frequency and/or occurrence and simulated early lexical development, r=0.965, p < .0005. Similarly, independent t-test result further indicated that word-class with repetition has statistically significantly higher early lexical development rate (378 ± 438) compared to word-class without repetition (99 ± 111), t(7) = 1.72, p = 0.130. Based on our presented results, it could be concluded that short-stories prepared for preschool children contained a theorybased system which could be reflected on early lexical developmentsupported by the fact that there was a clear word-class classification and systematised system for the distribution of word-class in terms of content words (over majority) and function words (minor representation) yet semantic categorisation. Also, word-class frequency and/or occurrence could be used as a predictor simulating child’s early lexical development-supported with the reached strong positive correlation between the two correlated variables.

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Bu çalışma, okul öncesi çocuklara yönelik hazırlanan kısa öykülerin, erken sözcüksel gelişimi açıklayan kuram tabanlı birsisteme dayandığı savından hareket ederek, sözcük sınıfı sıklığının ve / veya oluşumun erken sözcüksel gelişimi açıklamak içinkullanılabileceği iddiasını incelemek amacıyla yapılmıştır. Bu çalışmanın kuramsal temeli, davranışçılığa, sıklık varsayımına veZIPF yasalarına dayanmaktadır. Bağımlı değişken olarak simüle edilmiş erken sözcüksel gelişim (okul öncesi materyaller tarafından temsil edilen) ve bağımsız değişken olarak da sözcük sınıfı sıklığı ve / veya oluşumu (yinelemeli / yinelemesiz) alınmıştır. Bu iki değişkeni ölçmek için de bağıntısal yaklaşım temel alınmıştır. On kısa öyküyü içeren kısa öykü dizisi, sözcüksınıfları açısından sekiz sözcük sınıfına ayrılmış ve daha sonra farklı anlamsal ulamlara göre sınıflanmıştır. Betimleme yapma ve istatistiksel sonuçlara ulaşabilmek için Minitab (17) sürümü kullanılmıştır. Yapılan istatistik sonucunda içerik sözcüklerinin (% 43, % 5, % 6, % 26 ve % 6) kullanım yüzdelerinin işlev sözcüklerinin kullanım yüzdelerinden (% 5, % 8 ve % 1) açık bir biçimde daha yüksek olduğu saptanmıştır. Ayrıca, Pearson ürün momenti bağıntısı, sözcük sınıfı sıklığı ve / veya oluşumu ile simüle edilmiş erken sözcüksel gelişim arasında güçlü ve pozitif bir bağıntı olduğunu göstermektedir (r = 0.965, p

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GÖKMEN, S., ALDUAİS, A. (2022). Measuring Correlation between Word Class Frequency and Simulated Early Lexical Development Based on Data Analysis from Preschool Short Stories. Eğitim ve Bilim, Cilt: 43 - Sayı: 195, 41–63. https://ajindex.com/articles/497316

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