An Analysis of the Nouns Most Frequently Appearing in a Reading Support System "SHINSHO LIBRARY"

Abstract

For the purpose of identifying the level of general and technical difficulty in vocabulary, I analyzed the nouns most frequently appearing in a reading support system "SHINSHO LIBRARY" from the following three aspects: (1) classification according to "The Basic 6,000 Words for Japanese Language Education," (2) contextual meanings and (3) construction of compound nouns. Through these analyses, the vocabulary of two texts out of the eight employed in the system appears to be highly abstract and technical, which indicates that those texts in particular require some explanatory notes for better understanding.